Category Archives: aging

WAIT – HOLD UP A BIT

Posted on April 22, 2022 by oneta hayes

Copied and edited from my post in 2015. Everything is about the same except that my grandchildren are older. I still want to say to them, “Wait, don’t grow up yet.” There are three Bradford pear trees on a corner … Continue reading →

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LEARNING TO COPE WITH AGING

Posted on March 7, 2022 by oneta hayes

I was doing my morning routine – bath, dress, hair, make-up, – oops, did I brush my teeth? I couldn’t remember. After the many years, my mind goes on to more important matters while I do the routine. Now, If … Continue reading →

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TWO THINGS

Posted on January 25, 2022 by oneta hayes

I wind up my birthday learnin’s, lessons, and leanin’s, I say Good Night, Dear Bloggers. with this rather short post. I am not going into the memories and thankfulness, they will come later with some new pictures and such. Now … Continue reading →

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I’M OLDER THAN … FITTED SHEETS!

Posted on June 24, 2021 by oneta hayes

I have rid myself of many bed linens.  Although I almost always strip the bed, wash and dry the sheets and remake the bed on the same day, I was careful to keep an extra pair of sheets just in … Continue reading →

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I’M NEEDING TO TALK

Posted on March 25, 2021 by oneta hayes

And a good place to do that was with Jessica. You remember Jessica? Here She was my go-to girl for nails and hair – and talk. She refused to repair my tooth problem, so I made an appt with the … Continue reading →

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HOW OLD WILL I LOOK IN HEAVEN? 3/14

Posted on March 16, 2021 by oneta hayes

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known” 1 Cor. 13:12 There will not be ethnic groups (Jew nor Greek) male or female (Gal. 13:28) That’s … Continue reading →

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REVISIT A TIME 8 years ago

Posted on March 5, 2021 by oneta hayes

This is a post I put on Facebook in February 2013. It was after the hernia surgery I had that month. I had no idea what was coming; it was only five months before the critical heart issue I had … Continue reading →

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STEPS BEYOND SIGHT

Posted on March 4, 2021 by oneta hayes

. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Martin Luther King, Jr Terri never had a home without steps. 1940 First home with mom and dad, a duplex 1954 Moved to a new home in … Continue reading →

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BENDING TO THE TIMES

Posted on February 26, 2021 by oneta hayes

Mostly I go unnoticed, unseen. Waiting quietly, blended in the scene. There’s a lot of me left – though bended with age. People look as scanning a page. “Gorgeous roses,” I hear in the Spring “See the glistening water drops,” … Continue reading →

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TENDER TIMES

Posted on February 22, 2021 by oneta hayes

A Freudian slip? A name from a former time. The name was not mine! How to deal with this? Didn’t take long to find out. I did it also! ***************** Ronovan’s haiku using words “slip” and “time” brought a long … Continue reading →

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