What's in a Name?

 

                                                      

After posting about Josie as a 'tween,' I got to thinking about my own status. All this talk of Boomers and Gens X, Y (Millennial,) Z and  Alpha---but I'm part of the Silent Generation (1928-1945.)

I think of James Thurber's reply to a woman who asked if he was a part of the Lost Generation (1883-1900.) "Madam," he said, "I am a part of the Hiding Generation. Not sure what designation I would choose--the Skeptical Generation perhaps.

Then there are the age groupings--infant, toddler, pre-schooler, child, tween, teen, young adult, adult, middle-aged, elderly . . . ay, law, so many stages!

I feel fortunate to have gotten this far. And while I could wish my knees and back were in better shape, I'm comfortable with being an old woman. 

Or an old lady, though that always makes me think of my grandmother's friends who played bridge and smelled of Jergens Lotion. That ain't me, babe.