Dynamics of Age

It saddens me to hear that Barack Obama's grandmother mother died a couple of days before the election. She would not see the day when her grandson would would win the election as President of United States (not yet but I'm keeping my fingers crossed). I also feel sad that Obama's mother did not had the chance to know her son would be president one day.

Ironically, John McCain's mother is still alive. McCain is 72 years old and if Obama's grandmother was 86 years old, she would be younger than McCain's mother. And McCain is of course older than Obama's mother. She died at 53 in 1995.

I don't know what got me into calculating the ages of Obama's mother, grandmother, McCain, and his mother. I think I'm just sad that for some time is short and for others time is long. Made me think of my own father and mother. My father is a year older than McCain and my mother is two years older than Obama's mother. And I'm really glad they're still around.