This Shared Moment in Time

Our undying dance with time

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I believe it was fifth grade the first time that a teacher told me “You’re the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be.” Even then, it was an interesting thought. It wasn’t exactly a revelation, but the notion had never once occurred to me in my approximately 4,000 days on Earth.

As an adult, though, th…