Birthdays

I met a wonderful eye doctor today in Basalt, Colorado.  She did a very thorough examination of my eyes to see what problems I might have.  Her conclusion?  My eyes at this time were the result of “birthdays.”  This is what she said.  What she meant is that I am old and so have old eyes.  But she did not say that I was old or aging, or washed up or a mess.  I thought that her explanation of “birthdays” was very kind.  I have had a lot of birthday as do old people like me.  So the next time I think that someone has the results of being old, I won’t say, “You are washed up,” or “You are old and falling apart.”  NO, I will say what this kind doctor said to me.  Your situation is the result of “birthdays.”  Maybe we can all be kind to “many birthday” persons, especially at this time when Covid is so very unkind.  Stay safe and have more birthdays.