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Growing Old?
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Growing Old? |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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 growing old isn't for sissies they say for one thing your body does things without asking it's hard for you to know how much change is taking place without you wearing your glasses muscle and vigor disappears you pass more gas that you used to your arms, legs, knees become stubbornly stiff eh . . . growing old is forgetting what it was like when you were young deep down in your cloistered heart you can dimly remember a change of some kind without feeling it . . . really feeling it near the end a ghost of who you were someone who you cannot tell is speaking into your ear nothing she says can you hear ©October 25, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton If they give you ruled paper write sideways. [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (10-29-2014 11:07 PM).] |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Oh my dear friend how well you have described that process which fells us all if we are lucky (?) No, it is not for sissies. But, unfortunately we grow old too. LOL People tell me I do not LOOK my age. If they only knew how OLD I FEEL!!! I'd rather look older and feel younger. How about you? Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Actually I've been fortunate in the aging process. All that seems to be over, I'm having to take oxygen these days. Nothing wrong with taking oxygen, it is just the "image" thing. If they give you ruled paper write sideways. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
The thing I dislike the most about growing old, other then the aches and pains, eye-sight, hearing, memory, tendency to be everything you eat, and constantly seeing some old fart in the mirror that isn't you - - - is that, although it's such a pleasure to greet each new day, most days now are just memories. enjoyed, my friend. j. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Couldn't agree any more, Jimmy. Oh, my short term memory is not good, not good at all. If they give you ruled paper write sideways. |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
Your thoughts always hit home, even though I'm young of course  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Heh.Heh Yes, I know you are, Emma. Thanks for being here this morning. If they give you ruled paper write sideways. |
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