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....you were five and just starting school? The big kids in grade seven, the twelve year olds, were soooo big! High school kids seemed grown up and teachers were old. Anyone aged 40 was positively ancient. Then suddenly, we were the "big kids", the twelve year old seventh graders. High school kids didn't seem so grown up anymore and teachers that didn't have grey hair weren't so old after all. Anyone aged 40 was still old, but no longer ancient. 60 was considered elderly. The years flew by and we were 20, then 30 and suddenly 40 didn't seem so old anymore. 60 seemed so far away still. Well, geez! Where did those far away years go? Today, I turned 60. I'm old. I don't feel old, although there are days when my body feels like it's been hit by a truck and if I have to stand up one more minute I'll collapse in a heap. My mind, however, is still caught in my younger years. I'm old, but I'm not mature. I'm ju...