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Old 03-09-2021, 05:34 PM
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I remember visiting my grandma for her 94th birthday and she had been in a nursing home at that point probably 2 years. She was asleep curled up like a baby not much of a life to live. I said to my dad, who is standing next to me, I don't think I want to live to be 94. His immediate without thinking response was you might want to wait till your 93 to make that call. the wisdom of our parents
I regret that I can no longer honestly ask older people I know to explain jokes about getting old.

I have a friend who buys piles of condolence cards. I asked him not to buy one for me,
I hope it will be yellowed by the time it is needed.