Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

This is a picture I took from the plane as I was returning from a recent business trip. The sunset was beautiful, and I was very happy to be getting back to my family. I had also just bought a bag of Mike and Ike for my sons - getting them a little souvenir when we travel is a tradition. "I'd like the Mike and Ike." This is what I told the checkout person when I placed the bag for her to scan. "What..?" I repeated myself. It took three times, before she understood what I was saying. I eventually had to explain. " I decided to buy the Mike and Ike for my kids." It turns out, she wanted to explain, that most people don't speak with her when they cash, they just say "Here" and push the items to her, so she was very confused when I spoke to her and and actually called out the name of what I was buying. It made me feel sad, that folks are so busy that they don't take the time to appreciate, no, just exchange a few words w...