Tag Archives: ageing

Age is all relative…

Here I am in my 64th year and thinking ahead to what a significant year for me will be when I turn 65. In New Zealand the age when you qualify for Superannuation is 65 years and so I will finally have some income coming in. I will be officially a “Pensioner”. I’m not quiteContinue reading “Age is all relative…”

An older person is a person too – A poem about ageing

You see an older person, so wrinkled and so slowBut they are still a person, we’re lucky we can knowThe picture that we have of us and how we cope so wellCan sometimes have a different view, we hear our children tellNo longer in the flush of youth, we’ve memories to shareOf lives we’ve livedContinue reading “An older person is a person too – A poem about ageing”

Continence and other joys – A poem about ageing

There are many joys in growing old and many not so muchThere doesn’t seem a body part that doesn’t hurt to touchThere is skin that’s not so stretchy, it separates in foldsThe saggy bod and saggy boobs, sure show that we are oldThere’s eyes that do not shine as bright, as they did in ourContinue reading “Continence and other joys – A poem about ageing”

The times they are a changing

Yesterday, my husband and I took our three beautiful granddaughters out for lunch. The oldest (twins) have recently turned 16 and the youngest soon to turn 12. There have been some changes in their lives over the past few months and with NCEA and just living the life of a teenager, we haven’t seen thatContinue reading “The times they are a changing”

Aging myself by my clothing and shoes….

I didn’t really realise it till now, but we age ourselves by what we wear in the way of clothing, makeup, shoes and hair . Here is how it goes for me… When I was younger, I wore heels constantly even when I first met my now husband in my 40’s. However, when I wasContinue reading “Aging myself by my clothing and shoes….”

On the train again…

Farewell to the Scottish Highlands as we sit on the train to Glasgow from Fort William. From there we catch a train to Edinburgh and another change or two before we get back to the farm in Leicester. The weather in Scotland the last few days has been amazing, blue skies with not a cloudContinue reading “On the train again…”

A sense of urgency perhaps?

This diagnosis has changed my thinking in so many ways. I think deeper and feel deeper than I ever have. I analyze my life and my decisions are informed in many ways on an emotional level much more than previously. There is obviously a good deal of practical thinking in my decision-making processes, but theContinue reading “A sense of urgency perhaps?”