My granddaughter, Maddie, and I share a birthday, which just happened to be yesterday, October 22. 

My daughter told me Maddie woke up in the wee hours of the twenty-second and with gusto shouted “I’m eight!”  I’m here to tell you, my friends, I slept through the entire night and didn’t once think to toss aside my warm covers and declare to the world how old I am. It must be an age thing!