Archive for the ‘seniors’ Category

• Social networking brings me an unexpected gift

  Thursday, February 25th, 2010

  Retirement and a chronic illness has left me searching for an alternative method for renewing friendships or forming new ones. This last month I have renewed a friendship with a young woman who was an integral part of my youth. I became a member of Classmate.com on a whim. I got a shock as I [...]

• What I am most thankful for

  Friday, November 27th, 2009

  This year of my life has been the most difficult of my sixty plus years. But as my son and sister in law most aptly put it, I still have much to be thankful for.   The first and most important thing that I am thankful for are my son and daughter. Most mothers are [...]

• Dogs: Angels without wings

  Thursday, August 27th, 2009

  Dogs have long proved that they are more than furry bundles of love. They become guide dogs and helpers for the handicap. On the home front they patrol and guard our living space. Many will take up the chore of being a companion to our children with only the asking price of a good meal, [...]

• Senior Citizens at the mercy of airline

  Thursday, August 20th, 2009

  As a senior citizen my heart ached at this story. An 85 year old woman returning from a family reunion and wheelchair bound was left sitting in her chair by an airline attendant and missed her flight. As if this was not enough, she was to get on another flight and the attendant did not [...]

• The Height of Selfishness

  Friday, July 17th, 2009

  There must be something wrong with women like octo-mom Nadya Suleman and the 66 year old woman who tricked a fertility clinic into treating her with In vitro drugs so she could get pregnant. She went on to have twin boys and now she is dead leaving these poor kids without a father or mother. [...]