Something profoundly true for all of us

[RugerHound]

I find this absolutely profound!

 

[Viking Queen]

So very true.

Thank you!

VQ

 

[don44]

Thanks for the post.

 

[Danjet500]

My mother is 87 and becoming more infirm by the day. I was taking her to breakfast one Saturday morning last fall and during our conversation she said "I sure am lucky to have you."
I said "What do you mean?"
"If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have anyone to take me places", she said.
I replied "Mom, who took me to all the places I needed to go when I was little?"
She said "Your father and I did."
I said "Well, mom, I'm just returning the favor." A small tear appeared in the corner of her eye. :)
What goes around comes around.

 

[gramps]

Old, weak and wrong. Hmmm. I am older, hopefully I have wised up some(never getting married again-see below). Weaker-yep, fit that category. I find it difficult to climb in and out of the full sized fire trucks, and pull hoses and put them back again. sigh. Wrong- yes, just ask my two ex-wives. I have never done anything right. The saying is very correct IMO
gramps who keeps "running against the wind"

 

[grayelk34]

I already am!

 

[contender]

Amen!

 

[Jimbo357mag]

With this group I think a sign that said 'respect the young' might be more in order. At least it wouldn't hurt.

 

[volshooter]

I am taking care of my mom and my best friend. They both are in their late 70's with health problems and have trouble doing some things. Not full time being there but calling/showing up everyday and taking them places. It is not a job, it is a pleasure. Reckon maw and paw halfway raised me right.
I know a few off spring that put their parents in an assisted living home. I could not do that.

 

[eveled]

I'll never forget the day I came home and my Dad had hung a poster up on the fridge

"Teenagers: Leave home now while you still know everything!!"

I took it to heart, I went from being respectful, to really having respect for my elders.

 

[vito]

At 71 I guess I am old. My bones tell me that I am certainly weaker than I used to be. I guess sometime in the future I might find myself being wrong about something but thank goodness that has not yet happened!

 

[stevemb]

Hey Gramps ! Quoting Bob now ? LOl ! Cool.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Certainly hit's close to home.

 

[bogus bill]

I will be 74 next month. I know I aint one part of the strong guy I was many years ago. But most the time we dont see ourselves as we are but often like we once were.
I know it`s not wise but many times I have found myself along with my wife riding our SXS Rzr 45 miles or so from the nearest help and with no cell service in the boonies here in Utah. I still occasionally fly over remote mountain ranges around here. One thing us old guys do have going for us is experience. Somehow it makes us both more bold and cautious at the same time. That one is hard to explain. 55 years ago our preacher warned that one of these days my guardian angels might be off duty. I know I sure have given them a workout but I still aint ready to roll over and die yet either.
The wife and I are members to a large off road ATV club here. I would estimate that 70 % of us are retiree`s.

 

[Bob Wright]

I tell my wife that she will someday have a star in her crown for the way she took care of her mother during her mother's final years. She protests that she really didn't like doing some of the things she had to do.

"Even brighter the star," I tell her.

Both our parents are gone now, but I do have two older sisters that I will probably have to help out some time in the near future. The oldest realizes she will soon likely have to give up driving, but my younger sister has a few more good years yet. She just was musing that in a few more weeks she will be 89 years old.

Bob Wright

 

[Colonialgirl]

With this group I think a sign that said 'respect the young' might be more in order. At least it wouldn't hurt.

Whine, Whine Whine; This post is about the elderly.

 

[exavid]

Yeah, at 72 those trips around the sun have taken their toll. I hate to admit it but it would take two or three of me to do an honest man's work these days. Some days my walk is more of a hobble, I can remember most things... eventually. I have diabetes, gout and arthritis along with kidney disease but am still able to swing a let over my bike, do a decent job in Bullseye and able to teach my grandson to shoot. Life is still pretty good.
As for respecting young folks as Jimbo suggests, I do. Those who deserve respect. And there are many both respectable, admirable and the other side of the coin as well, despicable, ignorant goons. Just like there always has been.