I have occasionally claimed that I plan to grow old but I refuse to grow up. There may be a few things I didn't consider.

First maybe that you can't help but grow up when you have kids and find yourself feeling very personally responsible for whatever happens to them and whatever decisions they make.

Secondly, maybe that you can't help but feel a little old when you realize they don't need you so much anymore. The son joins the Army and is off to see the world. The daughter gets married, starts graduate school, and buys her first house. 

But we can still go fishing, and everything seems not so long ago.

And when I think about it, .......just cause the kids grow up doesn't mean I have to.

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Photography by Mary & Russell Somers

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