OLD PEOPLE
To an almost old person,
I never really liked the terminology “Old Person” but this makes me feel better about it.
And if you ain’t one, I bet ya you know one!
I got this from an “Old Personal friend of mine”!
OLD PERSON PRIDE
I’m passing this on as I did not want to be the only old person receiving it. Actually, it’s not a bad thing to be called, as you will see.
Old People are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem. Old People remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.
Old People remember World War II, Pearl Harbour , , Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention? Vietnam ..
If you bump into an Old People on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Person on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old People trust strangers and are courtly to women.
Old People hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
Old People get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don’t like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.
Old People have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it’s about their children or grandchildren.
It’s the Old People who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.
This country needs Old People with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country and decent values.
We need them now more than ever.
Thank God for Old People
Pass this on to all of the “Old People” you know.
I was taught to respect my elders. It’s just getting harder to find them.
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I loved this blog – there is a discrimination against old people that prevails in our society. The Asian soceities have it over us – they revere their aged and treat them with respect. The oldest Matriarck or Patriarck (sp?) is deferred to in all family matters – his or her position within the structure of the family is respect and admired.
Most people in our society put their aged into senior homes for the rest of their lives where they might visit them a few times of the year, while they themselves get on with their busy lives.
This is a good blog cjurmain. Thanks.
Jojo. Not everyone wants to put their elderly in homes or nursing homes. Sometimes it’s for their own safety, or becouse they are hard to cope with, or, you have few relatives who help out with them. The Asian’s tend to have big family’s so there is plenty of people to help out and keep them at home. I have only observed this and have never been in this situation so i hope i haven’t spoken out of turn.
Well, if I get put in a senior home eventually, I hope they have a cocktail hour!!!…lol
Great Blog cjurmain, thank you. Jojo, my sibling and myself are facing this sad problem at the moment. 90 year old mum desperately wants to stay in her home and never go to a nursing home. and we are trying to fulfil her wishes having organised every home help necessary and checking on her 3 times a day. Her short term memory is not at all good, she often gets confused and her words are often garbled Had a fall about a month ago, suffered hypothermia after six hours on the bathroom floor.She leaves her front door unlocked and invites in anyone who comes to the door. She can no longer write cheques to pay her bills. She knows there is something wrong with her brain,although all tests at this stage show nothing wrong, and is very sad. She lost dad last year and wants to join him. My brother and his wife have moved to a low set house with accomodation for mum as they work from home. Unfortunately I work six hours a day and live in a small apartment without private accomodation for her, i have offered to pay the rent on the apartment next door to me, so she has a choice. If she chooses not to move from her home unfortunately at some stage in the near future that choice will be taken from her for her own safety. It is heartbreaking to watch the decline of a parent and I feel most adult children do the best they can.
Well said skippy,it s a sad situation and one we will all have to face sometime,if our parents or ourselves as we get on in life,I hope I will be able to know when the time comes to go in myself and not put the kids through the pain of it.I had to put my Dad in one and it was hard,
Loved the old people blog cjumin thanks for posting it.
enjoyed reading blog and commens