tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post3573906163347867890..comments2024-03-27T12:20:38.538-05:00Comments on JUST ME: Oh yeah, I'm seeing John Prine next weekendDonna. Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-90834367516643184652009-09-04T05:45:35.565-05:002009-09-04T05:45:35.565-05:00Several years ago I was a paid companion for an el...Several years ago I was a paid companion for an elderly lady who attended my church. She was 96 when I began helping her out a few days each week, still living independently. She was born in 1896 and could remember the bells, whistles and firecrackers going off to usher in a new century in 1900. She graduated the year the Titanic went down. She lived thru two world wars. She was a teacher in a one-room school house in Wisconsin. She was the mother of 7 and had many grands and great-grands. Her mind was as sharp as a tack, mainly, I think, because she was a voracious reader and kept up on current affairs. The time I spent with her was like being with a living history book. We have no idea what treasures we pass by every day when we hurry past our older folks, never bothering to give them the time of day. I've always loved them. My mom used to tell me she'd sometimes hear me talking out on the front porch and she'd peek out, thinking I was talking to myself, only to find one of the older folks who lived in a retirement home up the street sitting on our front step chatting with me.MissKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726021829363492972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-84408247674364100042009-09-04T00:34:03.372-05:002009-09-04T00:34:03.372-05:00Great song and the lyrics are so true. Where I am ...Great song and the lyrics are so true. Where I am at in my life, some of those words have meaning now.<br />I am seeing that picture more clearly.<br />Thanks for sharing this and have fun next weekend!DianeLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628360972411230549noreply@blogger.com