This is a timely post for me. As I was brushing my teeth this morning, I noticed the lines around my eyes, the soreness of my elbow from last nights tennis, my sore knees and feet and I noticed the hair around my temples is receding and graying. I have never been more aware of my aging.

I have one photo on my desk and it's of me and my wife during the first months of meeting one another. I'm noticeably younger in the photo and it's not just one thing that makes me look older, it's a culmination of things. While watching this video, I attempted to pick the spot in her aging that is at my age. It's hard to do, try it. I would guess between the 2:00 and 2:40 mark. -Hopefully closer to the 2:00.

I couldn't help but toggle between different times in the process to catch the stark differences age creates. It's so true that you don't notice it while it's occurring, but once in a while... BAM, it will smack you in the face while you're brushing your teeth.

I suppose I don't mind not noticing my own aging, but it's a real shame that we don't notice our children's aging as it occurs. Our daughter is 2.5 years old and it feels like just yesterday I had to hold her gingerly and support her neck while doing so. Now she's running up to me and jumping in my arms when she sees me. Before I know it, she'll be too big to hold comfortably. It's her aging that really concerns me, not so much my own. For me, the physical aging is a price that must be paid for the ability, knowledge and wisdom that can potentially come with it.

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” ― Robert Frost

By the way, you are fortunate to have a "baby-face". I bet you still get carded when buying alcohol.