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Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 6:13 AM

If age is a state of mind, mine isn’t made up yet

Throughout my life, I’ve often heard people telling other people what they should be or do. I don’t know where they get the right to say that about others.

I first encountered this attitude with my mother. She’d often say to me, “Son, you need to start acting your age.”

At the time, I didn’t know what she really meant by that.

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