I don't need to be reminded that I'm getting old, all I have to do is engage in conversation with people I work with, mention a movie, music, actors, comedians, TV shows and they have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about.........it's all history that I lived and that, in and of itself, can make me feel old
I too was 8, never forget it but at the time I am not sure I understood the gravity of what happened. I did catch a whole bunch of flies with my mouth open while my Mom and her sisters cried like babies.