Losing Our Marbles

Tootles, a character in the movie, 

"Peter Pan," lost his marbles. They

were his memories, his ability to 

remember and a variety of mental

skills. He was old and he had lost his 

mind. The fantasy was he finally 

found his marbles.   

It is a metaphor for what happens as

we get older, and scientists say that

it is written in our DNA, though some

lose more of their marbles than others.

The truth is that our brains are like 

muscles and they need a workout

every day.

Yet like the many different colors in

my three folk art paintings, we may

invision the same marbles in different

ways. We know that we can all keep

our marbles much longer if we stay

healthy and exercise of brains.

The scientific journals report on 

advances and one day in the future

we won't lose any of our marbles.

As for me I have great compassion

for all of those who are slowly losing

their minds. One day we may be 

those people who are like Tootles,

but they may never find their marbles.