Here’s a warning to young people who think they are never going to be like their parents. Those of you who think “I’m not going to be like that when I get old” better think again.

After emceeing a large number of fashion shows over the past three decades, I must admit I have a few favorites, and the annual Divas on a Dime might top the list. Not many fashion shows leave you inspired.

Those of you who are not basketball fans may be tired of hearing about the wildly successful season the Wichita State men’s and women’s basketball teams have had. But the good news for the rest of us is there’s more to come.

Remember when you marveled at how your grandparents and parents could recall in detail things that happened many, many decades ago? Granny told me exactly how she met Grandpa more than 50 years earlier. I was amazed. Then there are the Beatles on a recent television special, showing them performing on “The Ed Sullivan Show” 50 years ago. No way. Yes, it is true. It’s been a half-century, and I remember it well.

Wow, it’s February already? If the rest of the year goes as fast as January, you folks who still have your Christmas lights up might as well leave them up. (I’m kidding. Get that stuff put away.)

Compliments.

Little did I know on Dec. 23 when I wrote about not making resolutions for the new year but taking a moment to look back at personal and very specific events of the past year, that for me both would be so evident.

Where in the heck did 2013 go? Even after checking some notes of the happenings of the last year, it doesn’t seem possible that it’s time to think about resolutions. So let’s not.

Here we are in the middle of the season of twinkling lights, shiny ribbon, candies and cakes, candles and lists. Especially lists.

Unless you’ve spent the last few weeks, wait, make that months, floating on a piece of ice in the Arctic, you know that the holiday season is here. It makes no difference whether you love the season, hate it, or you’re somewhere in between. It’s here.

One of the best parts of traveling near or far: the people you meet.

My husband and I recently returned from France. Paris was fun, but touring the beaches of Normandy was the reason for the trip.

When famous game-show host Monty Hall told his wife he would take her to an exotic place for their 66th wedding anniversary, little did she know it was going to be Wichita. But the Halls said that was just fine because they were enjoying their stay in our city.

We’ve all heard it said, or maybe you have said it about yourself: “I’m not the adventurous type.” And how many times have you heard that little voice inside your head whisper, “Oh, but I’d sure like to give that a try.”

Let’s get one thing straight, there was no eavesdropping going on. When you’re on one side of a huge dress rack in a department store and people on the other side aren’t getting along, well, you can’t help but hear the conversation.