Time can move fast or slow, depending on your perspective. But it seems that the older a person gets-- time seems to have moved way too fast -- at least for them. So that here they are--and oh no...what happened to their youth? This was the mood that my two aunts were in as they took a day trip to Coney Island.
Now, they spent many a great summer in Coney Island when they were teenagers, going on dates or just the two of them playing on the beach, body-surfing on the coming waves. The big thrill of going on the roller coaster, buying cotton candy. As they told me, this was the cool place to be!
And now here they were: one is eighty, and the other is eighty-two years old, and they can't believe that not only are they grandmothers--but great-grandmothers, what happened? When did time hit them like a stick--and made them old? But today they were determined to, at least in spirit, turn back the clock.
Here they were at the new renovated Coney Island, with the beautiful, world-class aquarium, new attractions, new twisting roller coaster, a whole series of new games in a place called Luna Park, and... oh the food! They were raving about the variety of foods from different parts of the world.
They felt young again, taking off their sandals and walking barefoot on the sand, dipping their feet at the edge of the ocean. They became again two young girls, taking pictures -- with their digital cameras of course -- of this new Coney Island.
As they later came back showing off the photos of their grand adventure, and telling me what a great time they had, it was great to see what a small trip to a place of your youth could do to renew a person's spirits. My two aunts, recouped the vitality of their youth, that they thought they had lost forever. Proving that age truly is a state of mind--more than of body.
