I have written the blog which is somewhat as much a diary of the last six months of my life. I have decided to end today as I did this out of curiosity to see who would read it.
What is it to age in this era. I think the best way is to keep fit and age as well as one can. I feel that the Boomers life is somewhere between useful and useless depending on who they are trying to relate to as children or older people. It basically comes down to self worth.
This discussion has been going on between myself and my friend for months. Her Mother in law is now over ninety years old and has to go into a care. It is a revelation for my friend. It is also a spectre for her.
Our discussions have ranged from how her in law can no longer live on her own. Maybe this is something particular to western culture. We have gone beyond our traditional values of caring for aging family in the home. Woman who are expected to work raise children, care for the home and aging family members.
I have discovered the obvious answer is due to ill health. A never ending issue as we age. My friend and her partner have gone to their holiday trailer and Mother in law is being cared for by woman who come in to help her in the home. Next a six week break in a nursing home to wait for permanent accommodation.
As proactive as you can be about aging being on your own or in your own home can only last unless you are blessed and you reach you late eighties. It is in the genes and personality.
So I get ready to close my blog as the trees bloom at the front of my house and life goes on. that was in a song. Oh bloodi oh blooda lalala and life goes one.
Here is to all our Mulberry Daze may they hold the promise of a warm fire and a glass of sherry or something warming. My friends still call and there still be sweet music in the air. .........
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