Christmas 2007

So one pivotal question I've been thinking a lot about lately has involved how we change as we grow older. The question is, does growing old strengthen and/or release already pre-existing personality traits or does the act of aging somehow change us into something else? I'm now convinced after seeing my mother's purchase and subsequent use of a Hallmark Singing Frosty the Snowman that all signs point to the latter, and it is indeed latent personality quirks released from the inhibitor of youthful better judgment that changes as we age. She would have never bought something like this in her thirties. I'm convinced of that.