2025 A to Z Challenge Blog For the Letter Q

April 19, 2025. Good morning. Today, I’m full of questions. Have you ever wondered what the perfect age might be? You don’t think about it much when your age is measured in single digits, until you hear things like, “You’re not a baby anymore. You’re a big boy or a big girl.” That’s when age becomes a reality. You can’t wait until you’re a teenager–13 is a big deal, then it’s 16 so that you can learn to drive, and the list of best ages moves up from there. I was 18 when I graduated high school, 21 when I got married and 22 when I finished my first university degree. Was one of those my best year? They were all amazing. On the way to my planned future, I took a slight pause and had three children, returning to university and graduating with my teaching degree at 31. Was that my best age? Or was it 41, 51, or 63 when I published my first novel?

Today’s letter is Q and to me it stands for all the crazy questions that constantly run through my mind, today one of them being when was my best age? It’s possible it hasn’t even arrived yet. The year I became a grandmother was pretty awesome. Maybe the year I become a great-grandmother will be, too. The year my son got his PhD was another fantastic one. It’s all relative. It all depends on what we use as a measuring stick. If bad things happen, do they negate the good factor, or do they just put an asterisk on its notation in our memories? Kids ask questions about everything, and some of the time, that may drive you crazy, but how else are they to learn? The fact that they ask you for answers shows that they somehow value your wisdom.

But so many questions have no answers. What will tomorrow bring? I don’t know. It could be rain, it could be sun, it could be war, it could be peace, it could be an end to tariffs, it could be more of them, and there’s nothing I can do to influence that. Mother Nature holds the key to some answers, and politicians hold the others. We just have to pray that whatever comes will be the best it can be.

My burning question right now, is what will I wear to go and vote today? Our federal election is on the 28th and since I will be post-op, I’m guessing I won’t make it to the polls that day, so I’m voting in the advanced one. Will my chosen candidate win? I don’t know, but I hope so. Who will be Canada’s Prime Minister? I know who I hope it’ll be, but I don’t know who the country will choose. Questions, questions, questions? Is it time for more coffee? Now, there’s a question I can answer. Yes! definitely, yes!

Here’s an old song about a very improtant question.

Happy Easter to all who celebrate. Come back Monday for the letter R. Here’s the MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z