tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post1470571679462552455..comments2024-01-08T12:20:35.916-06:00Comments on Rants by Ronni: Elders MisunderstoodRonnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-17144851349259157562009-02-27T08:40:00.000-06:002009-02-27T08:40:00.000-06:00See, Judemiller? There's Lisa checking in to say ...See, Judemiller? There's Lisa checking in to say that you have influenced her.<BR/><BR/>We can't all fly to the moon or write the great American novel.Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-69173834928930596062009-02-27T08:26:00.000-06:002009-02-27T08:26:00.000-06:00Okay, I missed all that, but knowing both of you p...Okay, I missed all that, but knowing both of you personally, I can say that you two would get on like a house on fire in so many ways.<BR/><BR/>Having lost my mother before I was fully formed, I appreciate the women a generation older than mine, and you two are some pretty cool ladies who have enriched my life.<BR/><BR/>I only hope I turn out that way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-6982512216464180232009-02-27T02:56:00.000-06:002009-02-27T02:56:00.000-06:00Don't have enough time to read at the minute. Pop...Don't have enough time to read at the minute. Popped in to wish you a lovely peaceful weekend. xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-53516333048141355162009-02-26T22:38:00.000-06:002009-02-26T22:38:00.000-06:00Hi, Ronni! My apology for not giving MGMT (and Sco...Hi, Ronni! My apology for not giving MGMT (and Scotland)credit where it was due came out as a post on the blog- praises for this inisghtful piece needed to be posted here- I live in a "health facility with 100 souls , all but one of them older than me and most of them downright elderly. We are all victims of rampant don't-give-a-damn-ism, and have been for some years before we ended up here in Camp "Y'all Too-Old-to-Matta". I am working up a serious head of steam which should surface in print soon, In the mean-time, I speak for lots of us when I say thanks! We needed the kind words! The first time a lady whose 'particulars' were still perky said "excuse me", to me, I had been here 10 months, and I cried! Please. Do, pay just that modicum of attention to us slow, doddering, helpless wastes of your time. We will be endlessly grateful,and you will build up good kharma for your own "Golden Years". Blessings! MareMarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11068005670300087806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-69866644618824680662009-02-26T19:43:00.000-06:002009-02-26T19:43:00.000-06:00Even having the right people hating you can only b...<I>Even having the right people hating you can only be a good thing.</I><BR/><BR/>That's the one I liked best, Ronni!Nadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886011161156665436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-62363400347328987042009-02-26T18:30:00.000-06:002009-02-26T18:30:00.000-06:00I didn't actually yell (I just dreamed that), but ...I didn't actually yell (I just dreamed that), but I did respond "sharpish," as Addy used to say.<BR/><BR/>I have to ask; how do you know you haven't done anything significant? I'm willing to be that there are at least fifty people whose lives you have impacted in a positive way. Fifty people who remember you, and pray for you, and cherish you in their hearts because you did something, sometime, that improved their lot.<BR/><BR/>Even having the right people hating you can only be a good thing. <BR/><BR/>Many of us have got through life without doing what we thought we wanted to do when we were young. Still, I will guaran-damn-tee you that you have accomplished a lot.<BR/><BR/>Oh...and it's not you disturbing my dreams, it's me telling myself not to be so hard on people.Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15417436.post-59201916563359251942009-02-26T14:09:00.000-06:002009-02-26T14:09:00.000-06:00I didn't realize you had yelled at me. I guess wh...I didn't realize you had yelled at me. I guess what I was trying to say is that I AM one of those elder people--well on my next birthday I feel that I will move from a "Senior" into an "Elder" mode and I, actually, am pretty pissed off about it. <BR/>When I step into a store I have to stop also, but I step over to one side, until my eyes adjust or my brain is less dizzy and legs more stable.<BR/>I suppose the reason I get a tad impatient with those older than me is that I see myself in them? Although I never show that impatience, rather, I step up to help them. I guess I am scared because I am going to be them in another few years and this whole aging thing terrifies me and twists me around every now and then.<BR/><BR/>I loved my MIL also--she worked in the factory during WWII--she was a wonderful woman.<BR/><BR/>Maybe that scares me too--that I have lived and not done anything really significant?<BR/><BR/>I sincerely hope I don't disturb anymore of your dreams :-)Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.com