Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Yesterday was my friends grandfathers 97th birthday so I stopped over the grandfathers home with him to sit and talk for awhile. When I left I felt a little sad for him.
The man turned 97 and in very good health for his age. Walks on his own, no major issues. Has not driven in 5 years or so but now has everything delivered, has a lawn service that takes care of the outside
Now the sad part, he was the oldest of 5 siblings, the other 4 younger ones have been dead for years, his wife passed away 15 years ago at 82, he has 4 children and 2 of them have passed away from natural causes, the other 2 are 70,72 years old and live out of state and are in poor health. All of his group of cousins and friends have passed away. Everyone is his circle of friends is gone and have been for years he said.
So he just sits all day in his garage looking out at the street and whoever walks by, said he has been doing this day after day after day since his wife passed.
My friend his only grandson that live close enough goes over there every other week or so but even he lives 90 minutes away.
When I got home I was wondering what it would be like to outlive everyone you care about and associate with and how difficult it must be emotionally. I thought If I would want to live that long as to be back all by myself at that age. Not so sure.
The man turned 97 and in very good health for his age. Walks on his own, no major issues. Has not driven in 5 years or so but now has everything delivered, has a lawn service that takes care of the outside
Now the sad part, he was the oldest of 5 siblings, the other 4 younger ones have been dead for years, his wife passed away 15 years ago at 82, he has 4 children and 2 of them have passed away from natural causes, the other 2 are 70,72 years old and live out of state and are in poor health. All of his group of cousins and friends have passed away. Everyone is his circle of friends is gone and have been for years he said.
So he just sits all day in his garage looking out at the street and whoever walks by, said he has been doing this day after day after day since his wife passed.
My friend his only grandson that live close enough goes over there every other week or so but even he lives 90 minutes away.
When I got home I was wondering what it would be like to outlive everyone you care about and associate with and how difficult it must be emotionally. I thought If I would want to live that long as to be back all by myself at that age. Not so sure.