An old friend contacted me, she is planning a luncheon with a bunch of friends towards the end of November. She is now 75 years old, her husband was diagnosed with congestive heart failure this past year. She said when he started his medicines he lost control of his bowel movements and that it was an awful experience for her having to cleanup after him. He just had a knee replacement on one knee so these days she is doing lots of nursing. His kids don't really help, the responsibility is all on my friend. He is lucky he has her. In truth they enjoy the companionship that a relationship brings. She keeps herself sane by meditating and yoga, in fact she teaches yoga in her condo. One tip she has learned is that smiling does a lot to make us happy, she encourages her students to try it often. She imagined she would be free at this time of her life to enjoy more. I told her it's a life stage..toward the end actually. And that there are bumps, challenges in every life stage because that is what life is all about. One of her friends has cancer, one widow has Alzheimers...And we had a good laugh about us being tough survivors and overall good people. We value our long years of friendship, some 35 years.
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Life doesn't seem to get easier with getting older, that's true. Hugs, Valerie
eine wahre Freundschaft in so langer Zeit! Toll!
Gruss Elke
The thing about medicines is the older you get, the more the side effect list becomes mandatory not "maybe"
Life does bring a lot of challenges with it, especially as we get older.
Hi Christine :) Being a care-giver is not easy. Your friend is strong and congrats to her for teaching yoga! That keeps a person young, I try to do some every day and it makes me feel good. Aging does suck though.
Yes, the challenges start to mount up. Hugs for your friend, and for you, helping her along, at least via emotional support!
What a beautiful tree photograph. Your friend is indeed facing some serious challenges, I hope some help comes to her somehow. What a long and lovely friendship you two have shared!
You're right, in each stage of our lives there are ups and downs, illnesses, loss of loved ones, an endless list. We keep losing family members and friends at this stage of our lives. We have learned to be supportive as much as we can as none of us knows what is around the corner. We take no day for granted and getting up and smiling sounds a good way to go. I wish your friend only the very best. She sounds an amazing lady, an inspiration.
I broked with my best very old friend (she is 75 too and we are friend from 1998), and i miss her too much...
I love yoga too :)
I sure hope she has a cycle of easy days ahead . Bless her kind heart.
Yes, there's a lot of ups and downs along the path of old age... things never thought of in those lovely times of youth.
Good for you and your friend having that great attitude :D) xx
Thank you for sharing such beautiful touching lovestory dear friend!!!
your friend is really a treasure to her life partner. Such down situations bring out our true faces of relationships and she had incredibly remarkable.
old friends are part of us so staying in touch keeps us to know more about us
I think it is so important to smile, it can help to make us happy and those around us happier too.
All the best Jan
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