Tag: old age
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May 15, 2008 10:44 AM EDT --
What an exciting world we live in ... very tricky. For all the beauty that surrounds us is temporary. That which goes on forever, you and me, cannot be seen. Only our aging shells. What would . . .
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August 27, 2008 05:21 AM EDT --
Although these seem to apply mostly to men, a few of these have already crept into my life..... and I'm just slightly north of 50. Read 'em and don't weep.....have . . .
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September 19, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
I was in the market the other day with my daughter. She is 15 months and was enjoying the attention she was recieving from the young cashier and bagger. I said that "she is a real ham". . . .
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May 02, 2009 05:50 AM EDT --
When you get past a certain age (said she, coyly) the whole world conspires to keep you humble...and confused. And if . . .
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September 25, 2009 11:57 PM EDT --
My husband's birthday was a few days ago (on the 22nd) and he turned 31. My birthday is in a couple days (on the 28th) and I'll turn the big 34.
Holy cow, when did I get that old?
I feel . . .
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July 28, 2006 07:14 PM EDT --
Mimi has had few teeth in her head for many a long year. The dentist visited the home. "If we make you some teeth" she said "will you wear them"? "Don't . . .
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May 05, 2008 01:15 PM EDT --
One day as I was reading the Bible I ran into a Truth that went clear to my soul.
( I have put eternity in their hearts Eccl 3:11)
Ahhhh ... now I understand.
Eternity in our hearts! . . .
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November 13, 2008 02:23 PM EST --
After placing eight eggs in a pan of water to boil and setting the timer, I dropped the empty egg carton on the floor and stomped it. Picking up the flattened egg carton, I tossed it in the trash . . .
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March 17, 2009 03:33 PM EDT --
"If you wait,
all that happens is that you get older."
- Larry McMurty
That's why I'm getting out more these days.
I figure I'm getting older . . .
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March 27, 2009 08:19 AM EDT --
Some days with all the little irritations and aggravations of living with four cats, one dog and an elderly husband with COPD, I feel downright sorry for myself.
While everyone else in . . .
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March 28, 2009 06:21 PM EDT --
I was just browsing the news and came across a 130 year old woman.
I really am amazed. She looks good and has her mind still. I would love to live that long. If you want to read more, here's the . . .
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April 25, 2009 08:40 AM EDT --
(short fiction)
While standing in line at the supermarket check-out yesterday, a photo on the front page of the local paper caught . . .
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September 10, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you have to start young.
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February 20, 2009 12:35 PM EST --
My friend just told me this little funny...
A fertility specialist helps a 75 year old lady to have baby.
Her relatives are all excited.... so the day after she comes home . . .
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October 05, 2009 12:00 PM EDT --
Last year my dad spent several months in a rehabilitation center (nursing home). Because he went there from the hospital, I thought that Medicare would pay for ninety days as many believe. Not so! . . .
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October 18, 2007 10:14 AM EDT --
I found this poem when I googled my name. It was on a site with 3 other poems I apparently wrote in 2005, but I only remember writing one of them. I've come to the conclusion that when . . .
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April 10, 2007 09:22 AM EDT --
It's been 25 years since my last letter. I never thought we'd last so long; I never thought I'd outlive you, the Hercules of athleticism and health. I never counted on things we cannot . . .
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January 06, 2009 12:35 AM EST --
Hurray! I'm connected again after only existing in the real world for three weeks. Not long before Christmas a snowstorm of heavy wet snow broke major branches on every ancient oak in the . . .
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June 18, 2009 06:55 PM EDT --
This was never truer for me than a time when I was about 42 years old and had developed a terrible craving for lettuce. When I got home from work I went straight to the refrigerator and broke off a half . . .
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September 05, 2006 04:17 AM EDT --
Like sprightly old folk
Brown-edged leaves still work, lend shade,
Shelter from the sun.
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