In less than two weeks I will be 74

@DrScissorhands I used to be hurt when the young spoke disparagingly of the old. Now it’s ironic amusement that they don’t think they’re on the same playground.

@being There are perks. One is that all the things you thought were going to kill you at sixteen or thirty or fifty didn’t kill you. You are tougher than you realized.

Thank you for your sweet words.

@Mamapolo2016 and thank you for sharing your tips, ideas and all, this strength is communicated 💙

@being That is more encouraging than you can imagine.

@mindstruggle I hope you get to see her soon. Good mothers are to be truly treasured. 🤗

@mindstruggle I had the rare privilege (rare these days) of being able to move in with my mom and care for her when she (finally) needed help. I had mostly lived away and we got to know each other.

One of my fondest memories of her is when she ultimately needed 24/7 care and I couldn’t keep her safe. She actually escaped from the nursing home. The police pulled her over on her wheelchair (not electric, powered by sheer determination) on the Main Street of our sleepy little town.

She was intent on going to see her only brother, because he was sick and needed her. In truth, he had died, at 43, almost half a century earlier, from an undiagnosed heart defect.

But she was hell bent for election to care for him, and little things like locks and rules and transportation would not stop her.

@Mamapolo2016
Bless her heart. 🥺♥

@DrWatson That’s me. The Path Finder.

@Mamapolo2016 😄 ahh it would not be so bad.

If you have kids, someone needs to stick around to aggravate them. Is that not our lifelong duty as parents? 😁

@Punches Aggravating the person who may well select your nursing home is not smart. Besides, my ex is so wildly over-the-top aggravating that he’s a tough act to follow. I want her to see me as The Tolerable Parent.

@Mamapolo2016 Well there is typically the "Cool" parent and then the "difficult" one.

@ArtieKat Yep. Wanna go clubbing? We’ll shock those lil whippersnappers.

@Mamapolo2016 Only if you're buying the champagne! 🤣

@SwampFlower I know you do, honey. And I love you.

@whowasthatmaskedman Well, hurry up!

@Mamapolo2016 Waiting for you to slide some of the rust off..😷

@Jexie The optimist fell from a 40-story building and at every floor on the way down, he called out “Okay so far!”

@Nitedoc The photo is ten years old. But I still don’t look it. The blessing of genetics.

@ChipmunkErnie **slows down a lot**

@Mamapolo2016 Ouch. :(