the auntie

it was my nieces, who several years ago after watching Little Women, discovered what i really was. no ifs, ands, or buts about it - i was a spinsters! and if that wasn't enough, i was in fact "decrepit and old"! now at the time this name did not particularly bother me. and in fact the spinster part still holds no lasting affect. however, as we just finished celebrating my sister's 50th birthday, the reality that my own half century mark is swift approaching, makes the decrepit and old part seem, oh i don't know just a bit troubling