As Time Goes By

So, as we all get older things change. Things that were once a "blast" seem stupid or a waste of time. Foods that we remember tasting delicious in our childhood taste like paste to us as adults, and things that were easy for us at one time become harder and harder as the years drag on.
Memories fail, joints crack, or don't bend as readily as they once did, new pains spring up where in youth there was only vigor, and foods that once tempted and teased the palate rear up to cause indigestion, reflux, and pains.
But ultimately it is the minds betrayal that is the hardest to stomach. When the memory can no longer hold those dearest to it within it's grasp. When tiny things begin to float beyond it's grip, then the more noticeable memories like entire families, names, faces, recollections of times and places spent together are gone, they slip away unnoticed, and forgotten forever.
The mind's betrayal is sometimes swift, stealing away a lifetime of memories, in little more than a week. Or sometimes it takes years, slowly draining away the memories, leaving confusion, anger, and terror.
They tell us to treasure everyday with them, treasure everyday when they rail against us. Rail against our presence and the gentle reminders of all they have forgotten, will forget, and may never remember. They do not make it easy, but to do anything else would be impossible.