Aging requires too many pairs of glasses!

How I long for the days when I had 20/20 vision. Life was so easy back during the first twenty or so years of my life. I could see everything, near or far, without any type of equipment. Oh, to be so carefree again.

When I reached my mid-twenties, I found that I couldn't see distances as well, so I got my first pair of glasses. It wasn't so bad since I only needed them for driving and for movies or concerts. Once I began to need them more often, my vanity kicked in and I started wearing contact lenses. Now I only had my old glasses for late at night and first thing in the morning, and a pair of regular sunglasses that I wore over my contacts. This worked out great for the next 10 years.

In my late thirties, my eyes began to get dryer (at that point in my life it was only my eyes). I couldn't wear my contact lenses all day anymore. Now I had to add prescription sunglasses to my arsenal since I would often be out during the day without my contacts. And, of course, I wanted much nicer glasses now that I would be seen in them.

All of that was nothing compared to what happened when I reached my mid forties. That is when, as with most people that age, I began to have trouble reading small print (or any print in restaurants with dim lights). Lets just say that by the time that my optometrist/optician was through with me, he could probably afford to add a new room on to his house.

Even though I have recently gone through that traumatic point in my life of crossing over into my fifties, in many ways I feel young. I still have youthful tastes in pop culture, I'm very tech savvy, and I still don't look fifty (so I am told). However, no matter how young we may feel, there are always these physical reminders, like my fading eyes, and my assortment of glasses, that remind us that we can't stop the clock no matter how hard we try.

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