Middles and middle-age

Troy and Regina take a Sunday afternoon philosophical walk, as is their custom.

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Troy: Problems with parents, problems with children.

Regina: Sandwiched between generations. The elderly ask and the children demand.

Troy: Or the other way around.

Regina: Life was never easy, never fair. Nor should we expect it to be.

Troy: That’s life isn’t it. No control over when we are born, very little control over how we die, and only an illusion that we have any control over what happens in the middle.

Regina: And in middle age, especially our middles suddenly balloon beyond your control.

Troy: Charles might have something to say about the way his mother is hanging on. Old people wanting to hang on to control. But at least on us, today, the sun is shining.

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