We're only a week away from school starting, which of course has my head exploding. Part of me is still shocked that last year's school year already began, so for that year to be over with another coming up is simply unthinkable.

I am reading a book about a woman who loses 10 years of her life. It is an interesting premise, and has certainly got me thinking about just how much has occurred in the last decade. My fast-forward doesn't require any sort of amnesia or magic trick: just the simple aging process, and I'm not yet out of my thirties!

What's incredible is that just a few years ago I still saw myself as "one of the kids." But now I see the lines between my eyes. I feel the muscle aches. I see my limitations. Oh, I'm not throwing in the towel, but I'm starting to see more of the past instead of the future.

But that will change. After all, in another decade, I'll be looking back at how young I was today.