Tomorrow is my birthday; in fact, it is my 60th birthday. While I am grateful for another year of life, I am also dreaded it.

My mind feels younger than my body, which is old. I have type 2 diabetes, joint pain and stage 4 kidney cancer. I feel old because of that. I know exercise is good for me. I should go for walks, swim and do chair exercises. But I keep putting it off, I don’t want to do it and I don’t know why I haven’t tried harder. I’m not a lazy person. I might be disorganised, I might get stressed by big tasks, but I’m not lazy. My wife gave me 10 tickets to the pool at the Camrose Rec Centre as an early birthday present. I’ve been wanting to swim for months, now I can go and get some exercise.

Despite feeling old, I think and act young. I’m still a kid at heart. I like geeky things, such as video games, boardgames, comics and more. I get along with people who share my interests. Most of them are geeks and nerds like me. People my age and I don’t share much. Many of my best friends are younger than me. They are my geek family. I have a few friends who are older or my age. One of them and I get along great, and we can talk for hours. Sometimes alcohol is involved. We are both old and young at the same time.

In this blog post, I want to say that 60 is just a number. It has some drawbacks, but we should be happy we are alive. Enjoy life as much as we can. Appreciate the beauty of the world and the simple things. Share them with friends, family and partners. I have cancer, but I started thinking about the good things in my life. There is enough bad in the world, so look for something good. Try something new (but not too risky). I am lucky because I have all the support I need. My wife Karen, my son Ryan and his girlfriend Allison and my close friends (you know who you are). The distant ones matter too.

I’m excited for my birthday tomorrow. As I wrote this, I thought that 40 is a nice age, because it shows I made it through 59 years and I have some more to go. I’m lucky to be here. I’m loved and that’s all that matters. So until my next blog; The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. READ THIS PARAGRAPH AGAIN. LOL

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