Category Archives: aging
THE LEANING TREE
1952: With girlish glee I measured my adolescent growth by the Leaning Tree. 1955: Four inches taller but I still walked straight as I passed under the Leaning Tree. 1956: My sixteenth birthday pictures were taken under the branch … Continue reading
AS THE YEARS GO BY
What can you do to add a pleasant roundness to your years – Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter? Cultivate and follow principles that lead to laughter and devotion to a cause. When you go to bed at night, formulate the … Continue reading
BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE GET OLD
NOTE: I question whether this is in poor taste. I am not being cynical, making light of a problem, nor being humorous. I am exaggerating, but I am recognizing that this kind of problem exists. We need more medical research … Continue reading
OLD AGE SIGN? ‘FRAID SO
A BIT FROM THE PAST. I was about ten. Mon was ironing. I took the songbook in to her and asked her to listen to the songs that I knew in that book. I was so proud; I really knew … Continue reading
IT’S DONE – KERPUT
Today’s prompt is: What is the one thing in life you want to finish before you die? *************** “Do you want us to do everything we can to keep you alive – including CPR?” asked the EMT as I was placed … Continue reading
AGE ACCORDING TO MODERN MATH
So many have expressed about my age since I appear so much younger, I thought I might ought to go into a bit of detail about how I know for sure I am eighty-five. I’m doing new math to prove … Continue reading
THE DAY AFTER
So yesterday has been here and now is today. I find I’m only one day older than I was yesterday, even though I had to add a year. Does that seem right? At least it explains how the years roll … Continue reading
PASSING YEARS
The years have turned to decades; The decades, to scores. Age can bind the body But still love’s spirit soars. I’ve loved Him since I was but a child. He’s my friend when the storms are wild. When forsaken by … Continue reading
JOY OF BEING 84 YEARS, 362 DAYS OLD
The joy of 84 years and 362 days! You ask me the ways? I’ll tell you. A clothes closet packed full with clothes – none new. But oh, the possibilities of a new combination. I found one today and I … Continue reading
CHANGE
Facebook Status from September 10, 2014 “How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!” (Ps. 139:17 NIV) And listen as God expresses his love in the following picturesque words: “I led … Continue reading
