HAVE YOU BEEN CALLED ELDERLY YET? WHAT A SHOCK!!!!!!!!!

How did I get from this -

To this -

To THIS?

















 Unless I look in the mirror, I think of myself as that young girl      
in the first picture.  I was 19.  Like most girls, even now, I was
thinking about going to college, marriage, career and having a family.

It somehow became 20 years later.  I had a career and Ron and
I were raising two daughters.  We were living our lives.  Doing the
things we needed to do in order to be able to do the things we wanted
to do.  The girls had their hobbies and sports, and so did we.  God
watched over us in spite of our mistakes and YES sometimes, just
plain ignorance.                                                                      

NOW, I am that last picture.  ELDERLY.  I was called that for the
first time, last year.  I called our cable company to add ESPNU so
I could watch a Razorback game.  I asked the lady "How long do I
have to keep this if I decide I no longer want it?"  She told me I could
cancel it the next day if I so desired.  I watched the game, and the next
week, I called to cancel it.  The lady I spoke to this time told me, I
couldn't cancel it for a month.  I let her know that I had paid for it for
a month, but I want it out now, and I want the box picked up.  She
informed me that she would go ahead and cancel the service because
I had already paid for it for a month.  She then told me I would have to
take the box back myself.  Oh boy!  I told her I expected it to be picked
up because it was delivered to me, and I didn't want to drive to the office
to take it back.  She put me on hold.  When she came back on the line she
said "Maam, since you are ELDERLY, and I can see that you are upset,
we will send someone to pick it up RIGHT NOW!                                 

The customer service girl was not rude to me.  I think I was in shock to be
referred to as an elderly person.  I was taught to respect my elders.  I just
didn't realize I would become one of those ELDERS so soon!