"Everyone writes their version of the past." Michael Ondaaje

…and everyone uses 'witeout'. No matter how we may run and hide, what we are today is a result of what happened to us yesterday whether we acknowledge it or not. Accepting aging is to understand that the time left to us to create more of it is quickly receding. Some nights thinking about that can make your heart beat faster. But, if we are lucky, all that stirring in our blood might just give us a new lease on life. How we embrace the experiences of our life is the last frontier of living. Some of the juiciest, sweetest, most soulful living can arrive at the ends of our lives if we find the courage to be full of forgiveness instead of blame--not just for ourselves but for others. That's when we get to use an eraser.