I spent Thursday with my friend who is now dealing with her Mom who is in her nineties. Her Mom, a really nice lady has now reached the age she can no longer run her home on her own. After realizing her Mother needed more care she called the family together to discuss what should be done. Her Mom had lived in her home for sixty years so they decided she should try and get a caregiver to assist her.
My friend is relieved although she says she will still be doing as much but not worrying as much over her Mother. Someone told me that you are in your house when you are over eighty it is unlikely you will go to a smaller home. I know this is the case of my husband's Godmother who is now in her 82nd year. She has said to me this is where she wants to stay. She is active for her age and can manage although I worry about her. She is a lovely lady but like most of her generation very independent.
Rouge Beach is a place I have been fond of since I was a teen. It was the closet thing we had to a beach in our area. It is the mouth of the Rouge river that goes into Lake Ontario. My partner had to go and check the Beach to film on for the show he is working on. We drove out to meet with an official who he had to speak to about the filming. I decided to get out and walk along my beach where I used to go with a favourite boyfriend when I was the grand old age of eighteen. I walked along to the far end of the beach and came back along a line of stones that had been put there. The comment my boyfriend of the time said was that this is not a lake but a sea. He was from Scotland originally.
When my partner, got through his film preparation he suggested we could get some lunch. We drove over to the small village where I grew up. It is a small area that is between two main roads but there is quite a bit of land. I have a favourite restaurant there. It is called Ted's after the original owner.
Ted's has also been featured in some movies. It is a fifties soda bar and hasn't changed much since, with my friend's I got off the bus after going to our favourite hang out place in the city. Ted's was our gravy and fries place to go and eat. It isn't fancy with stuffed fish and ballet prints on the wall.
I am fond of the waitresses who are very cheerful and very attentive. The food isn't fancy, it is old fashioned home cooking. Today I heard a story which is worth repeating. Ted the original owner who opened the place in 1954. It seems, Ted who is still around is 107 years old and drives a Mustang car. It isn't that long ago he sold the business. He was I think 101 and he bought himself a new Mustang car to drive around in. He is treated like a star and people wave at him. Such an age is hard to fathom and still have your wits about you. Amazing. I put it down to operating his own business and keeping fit and possible eating a healthy diet. A lesson to ingest!
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