I was talking on the phone yesterday to my best bud from high school. We only chat about every 4 months or so, but when we do, well, her husband said it best when he answered the phone: "I'll go get her and some iced tea, because she's going to be sitting on the porch for an hour!" I love how we can just pick up wherever we left off, so many months prior! I know this is rare.
Something even more rare is what she commented upon: I am the only one of her friends (we live in different states) that still has both parents alive and well! I never thought of that! Come to think of it, I told her, I am the only one of MY friends, too, who has both parents living! The youngest of my sibs is in his mid 50's and the oldest, is in his upper 60's and for all of us to have our parents still around, is, well, amazing!!
My dad commented the other day that he and my mom now have 10 GREAT grandchildren and one more on the way!! Are you kidding me?! My parents knew nothing about their own grandparents, not even their names!! Then, their own parents, my grandparents, were all deceased by the time I was 12, so my memories of them are minimal. How crazy is it that we mid-lifers still have our parents, which means that our own kids, who are all in their 30's and 40's, still have their grandparents, and vital ones at that?? My gosh! If each generation continues to live so much longer than the ones before, get ready, kids! I'm stickin' around till I'm 125!! I know my son-in-law loves me, but even he might be thinking I've overstayed my welcome! ha!
Well, as my mother turns 89 on Friday, I wish her a very happy birthday, and many, many more, to be sure!
You've cried at weddings, right? At the birth of a baby? And, of course, you've probably cried at funerals, but have you ever stopped to wonder why both happy and sad events, make you so emotional? Even worse, do you often feel like you're the only one? I will impart wisdom gleaned from professional conferences, seminars, books and articles and/or I will blog my personal thoughts. Either way, I hope you check in often, so you know that your tears are never shed in a vacuum!
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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- Ms. Baby Boomer-dang
- Dallas, TX, United States
- I am an educator and consultant, in the field of loss and grief. I love educating others, as well as learning from them, about life's little and big, happy and sad losses: marriage, divorce, moving away, losing one's health, aging gracefully.....or not......death of a loved one, a pet, a dream, children growing up and parents having to let go, etc. etc. Hopefully, you get the picture. Let's laugh, cry and learn together!
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