100 word essay

Bumpy air. Coughing here and there. An announcement of 'initial descent,' I'm ready. A few delightful days with family. A few insights into those I've known for decades. A few painful truths. Things I want to fix. My inclination is to offer. It used to be to take over. One of many things which went away with my black hair, and excessive ego. That tamed by time and temperament, aches and pains and other things which never came to mind, until they did. Primary, present, persistent. I'll take all of them, for the time with the old and the young.