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"Do you remember the days of feeling young, wild, and free, and fearing nothing?" I ask...

"Miss it terribly..." she says.

Me too.

When does it happen? That change - the transcendence from being "the king of the world" with wind in your face to becoming shark bait, metaphorically speaking.

The term "coming of age" implies a newfound maturity, and while I personally could fill a score card with tallies of such milestones, I rather believe that "coming of age" is a continual process. I just can't seem to peg the exact point in time when the magic faded away so completely...

I never saw it coming, but the hangover's a bitch.

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Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.
--Jim Fiebig