Glimpsing the hourglass

A chance encounter shows fleeting nature of time

Part of aging is being confronted, when you least expect it, with the bittersweet passage of time.  

You get a pain in a knee that you never had before. You watch your dancing granddaughter and, in a certain light, suddenly you are reminded of your late sister, whose sweet face you last gazed upon three decades ago. You realize that there is absolutely n…