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When I was growing up, we used to wonder if we’d have a white Christmas. It didn’t mean “Will it snow in December?” but “Will it snow on Christmas?” Of late, we seem to be perennially wondering when winter will start. This year, I think it was Dec. 2 before I realized that October was over. The seasons go by so fast, it seems.

When did we stop being kids? It wasn’t when we turned 18, I’m sure of that. How old were you when you first realized you let slip something that your inner child never would or could have? What were you doing when trembling anticipation first became sedate? Was it when your first kid left the house? Or when a sibling passed away? Or was it when you realized you were still single well past the ages your parents had you? O

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