invitation to a changed life

These Happy Golden Years

Lyrics by Will L. Thompson

Golden years are passing by,
Happy, happy golden years,
Passing on the wings of time,
These happy golden years.
Call them back as they go by,
Sweet their memories are,
Oh, improve them as they fly,
These happy golden years.

Golden years, golden years
Happy golden years
Oh, improve them as they fly
These Happy Golden Years

Golden years are passing by,
Precious precious golden years
let no idle hour be spent
With sorrow, grief and tears
Ah! The good we all may do
As the moments pass
To your nobler self be true
Reward will come at last

Golden years are passing by
Fleeting, fleeting swiftly on
Life is but a passing hour
Before we know 'tis gone
Soon the parting time will come
Day by day it nears
Have you done your duty well
These happy golden years?

Looking through pictures and watching old videos last night caused quite a stirring of emotion. Rebekah said it ever so succinctly, "I don't know what I want anymore." We look back on good sweet memories and yearn for simpler times or maybe for the way things used to be. Those happy golden years. When children were smaller, life was less complicated and the future more assured. I went to bed last night with a heavy heart, for I , too, don't know what I want anymore. My children are growing so fast and my heart seems restless. The best I can do and the advice I gave my all-to-soon-to-be-teenage daughter was this: Today is the day that the Lord has made, rejoice and be glad in it. These are the Happy Golden Years. Today.