*sigh* I'm loosing my touch. (Warning: Hi-jacked by Em)

[sourland]

My Mom was a stoic old German - not particularly philosophical or outwardly emotional. In a rare moment of melancholy she once said to me, "People think that the worst part of getting old is the infirmities and dependence on others. That's bad, but worse is the fact that so many you care about have already left." I am at that point in life where I fully understand her sentiments. Most of my friends and colleagues are in their so called 'golden years'. Mom hated that phrase - once stating that she would like to meet the person who coined it so that she "could kick the crap out of him".

 

[hennible]

My friend Jean used to tell me not to get old and I used to tell her it's better than the alternative...

 

[sourland]

My friend Jean used to tell me not to get old and I used to tell her it's better than the alternative...

Amen, sister - as long as it is still fun, I'm in the game.

 

[hennible]

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[Tanichca]

and prayers, Sour.

 

[chickwhispers]

So sorry Sour. He sounded like a good man with good character. A friend indeed worth having.

My Mom was a stoic old German - not particularly philosophical or outwardly emotional.  In a rare moment of melancholy she once said to me, "People think that the worst part of getting old is the infirmities and dependence on others.  That's bad, but worse is the fact that so many you care about have already left."  I am at that point in life where I fully understand her sentiments.  Most of my friends and colleagues are in their so called 'golden years'.  Mom hated that phrase - once stating that she would like to meet the person who coined it so that she "could kick the crap out of him". 

I've heard others say the same thing. The older I get the more I understand that too.

My friend Jean used to tell me not to get old and I used to tell her it's better than the alternative...

That's what my mom had saidcfor the last three years. Unfortunately now her dementia is bad enough she rarely says that. I'm afraid she's losing the will to live.

 

[hennible]

So sorry Sour. He sounded like a good man with good character. A friend indeed worth having.
I've heard others say the same thing. The older I get the more I understand that too.
That's what my mom had saidcfor the last three years. Unfortunately now her dementia is bad enough she rarely says that. I'm afraid she's losing the will to live.

My dad completely lost his will to live, he just got sicker and sicker until there was no joy left... Watching him pass away in the hospice room was both a great relief and the saddest day I've had yet... Here's hoping that getting old will be better than the alternative... Sorry about your mom

 

[Bunnylady]

Frosty morning out there - BRRRRR!

We've got lots of trees around here, and there is one space between them where the sun sends a wide shaft of sunlight across the pasture at least an hour before it gets high enough to get to the rest of it. This morning, I looked out and saw both of the Quarter Horses, all three minis, and my two goats all standing in the sunbeam. I may not have all of my ducks in a row, but on cool mornings, all of my hoofstock are!

 

[chickwhispers]

Must have been a nice sight bunnylady.

It's was 18 this morning. We got a dusting of white (it's too early in the season to say say the s word) and the girls just didn't know what to think about it. Dancing around running to a fro. Some went under the bushes some went back in the run and one of the leghorns jumped up on a white stuff covered board going from one foot to another.

They'll get the hang of it.

 

[Tanichca]

It's going to be 75 degrees today... heh. Have fun with your frost, everyone.