19 November 2018
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Last night, we lay down on sunbeds and watched Mrs Moon rise like a tangerine over The Aegean Sea. To capture the beauty of the scene fa... -
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So there I was standing in the kitchen of our son's terraced house. Something caught my eye outside in his little urban garden. It was a...
I'm pretty sure you will live to a grand old age.
ReplyDeleteMy mum insists she has just two years left and I eventually realised that would make her death at the same age as her father. It seems a very common line of thought.
I hope your prediction comes true Kylie but family history on my father's side suggests otherwise.
DeleteThese milestones cause us to stop and contemplate life. My Mom died at age 59. I remember wondering if I would ever reach the age of 59. I'm now 79 and I look back and see how young my Mom was when we lost her.
ReplyDeleteYou have beaten her by twenty years with more "Red" petrol still in the tank.
DeleteAh- here's to many, many more milestones, Mr. P! I do believe you have it in you.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ms Moon.
DeleteI 'spect you will still be walking through bramble and bush in your 90th year, Mr pudding. Maybe not eight miles at a time but ...
ReplyDeleteMy father died age 66 in 1956 and my brother at 66 in 2016. Of the same heart disease.
It was the heart that took my father and later - in 2010 my brother Paul too. Paul was 62.
DeleteThis milestone you speak of resonates quite strongly with me for the same reason. My Mother died at 66 and I turned 66 this year. Yes, it is a milestone and although many say it should not bother me how can it not as I'm sure you understand. I do have some inherited health issues for which I must take medications but despite that I am much healthier than my Mother at this age and I think that is partially because I work at it. I stay active and go to the gym, ride my bike and take long walks. I think your many long walks keep you young and strong and you will indeed be around for a very long time! But yes, it is a milestone.
ReplyDeleteI loved your comment Bonnie because it showed that you understand entirely where I was coming from with this post.
DeleteYou're doing your part YP..the fates will take care of the rest...fingers legs and eyes crossed for you x
ReplyDeleteI have already had nine years of happy, healthy retirement. Nine more would be great.
DeleteThere are so many good reasons for walking, and not one I can think of that speaks against it.
ReplyDeleteMy parents are still alive, so comparing my age to them is meaningless at the moment. But Steve died at 41 years and 5 days, and I can not help wondering what he would have been like at 50 - his "big" birthday would have been less than three weeks ago.
In your memory Steve will never be an old man.
DeleteMy Father died when he was 59. He had a massive heart attack previously, followed by cancer. This kind of thing stays with you and I have had the heart attack thing attached to me all through wondering if I would succumb to the same. I've got to 72 although my brother died from one at an early age.
ReplyDeleteYes, life is like an egg timer and the best way is to live each day the best you can. We feel like this with Tom's illness. Actually I think life is very cruel in some ways.
Just saying, lol
Briony
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I appreciate your thoughts Briony.
DeleteI think that you probably have a good 15-20 years left in you. My (step) father in law is still going strong at 83...plays golf, attends all of his grandchildrens' many sporting events and musical performances, goes out for the occasional pint with his "old geezer" friends, and is hale and hearty and engaged with life. You just have to trust in luck and stay active. This is what I envision for you.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you are an accurate prophetess Jennifer. Now get back to the cleaning lass!
DeleteCongratulations on your ongoing experiment. My mother died at 47. The man I long thought was my father (but he wasn't) died at 60. Through a little research I discovered that my biological father died at 66. I'm still going strong at 77. My maternal aunts and uncles died at 80, 83, and 88. Their father (my grandfather) was told he had six months to live when he was 65, but he outlived all his doctors and survived for 32 more years, dying at 95. My grandfather is my hero. I want to be like him.
ReplyDeleteYou must have lived a healthy, blameless life Bob. I dream of 77.
DeleteLong may you continue. Like me, you are the early product of an NHS- health system, so we are in better condition than our forefathers, provided of course we live healthily.
ReplyDeleteThey say that many more people are now living to ripe old ages. Maybe you and I will add to those numbers ADDY!
DeleteWell done. Long may you keep walking. Never, however, neglect the 'man checks'. Those of my friends who have died recently were all hale and hearty but, because of that, decided checks were unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that wise advice Graham.
DeleteYour comment on life being like the sand in an egg timer, always draining away, expresses well how I feel. I got to see my father and the rest of the residents in his nursing home for the eight years after his stroke. Some of those residents were not as old as I am. I saw many of them pass away, including my dad. It was a sobering experience and made me all too aware of how lucky I am to have lived to 61 and counting, and I value every day now.
ReplyDeleteWe should not squander our time in the land of the living. Thank you for sharing this Jenny.
DeleteCongratulations. My dad is still with us and at 92 he still lives independently and has all his marbles. His health isn't all it could be but he his determined to beat his own father's record of 96!
ReplyDeleteThere's hope for you yet Ian. Maybe you will still be churning out your Sunday posts in 2050!
DeleteMy mum had her first stroke at my 'now' age, 56, daunting thought. Who knows what is around the corner - just as well we don't know.
ReplyDeleteI am confident 70 is in your future.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather lived to be just 59, and I am a lot like him so I know where you're coming from. :/
Good luck with that.
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