"How do you know when you're older," mumbled the three-year old to her grandma,
"When you get a big girl bed," her grandma said.
"How do you know when you're older," questioned the five-year old whilst on her bed she jumped.
"When you can tie your shoes," assumed the sister, while falling on the floor with a thump.
"How do you know when you're older," wondered the eight-year old tying her shoes.
"When all your teeth you've loosed," her friends replied.
"How do you know when you're older," thought the ten-year old without any baby teeth.
"When you've started middle school called Keith," her brother boasted.
"How do you know when you're older," interrogated the fourteen-year-old at her middle school graduation.
"When you get your license at the department of transportation," her cousin lectured.
"How do you know when you're older," demanded the licensed sixteen-year-old.
"When you get asked to prom," her mom alleged.
"How do you know when you're older," summoned the girl in a gown and tiara.
"When your life has begun a new era," her parents spoke of college.
"How do you know when you're older," inquired the high school graduate to her family.
"When you've got a job, then you'll see," they explained.
"How do you know when you're older," asked the working girl to her boss. Her boss was at a loss for words and told her to ask her dad.
"How do you know when you're older," pleaded the daughter to her father.
"When four kids and a husband you've had," supposed the dad.
"How do you know when you're older," a beautiful bride wondered aloud on her wedding day.
"When you've said all you have to say," Aunt Fay believed.
"How do you know when you're older," posed the mother waiting to pick up her kids from school.
"When you feel your life come to an end," suggested the friend.
"How do you know when you're older," asked the old lady dying in her bed.
"When you've finally laid down you sweet head," whispered her children with tear stained faces, to their mother's last words as she laid down her head to rest...forever.
