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01/27/09 Grif.Net – Advice from Older Women

01/27/09 Grif.Net – Advice from Older Women

One gal wrote me a Christmas Letter update – “I’ve sure gotten old! I’ve had
two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought cancer and
diabetes. I’m half blind, can’t hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to
blackouts. Have bouts with dementia; have poor circulation; hardly feel my
hands and feet anymore. Can’t remember if I’m 85 or 92. Have lost all my
friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver’s license.”

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly
widow and asked,