Silly Old Lady




	WRITE 2 THE HEART Stories that are aimed "Write 2 the Heart" April 3, 2002 Issue 040302 Cheryl Speir, Editor, moderator@write2theheart.com -------------------------------------------------------- By subscription only! Welcome to your next issue of "WRITE 2 THE HEART" ------------------------------------------------------- Do you have a heart-warming story to share with our readers? We are accepting story submissions at this time. Please email Your original story to moderator@write2theheart.com ------------------------------------------------------- We are only as old as we feel. Jill seems to feel like a kid. She will have you laughing as you read how she and her family disagree about what aging gracefully means. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Silly Old Lady By: Jill Knotts --------------------------------------------------------- I have been taken by surprise. I have grown into a silly old lady. Don't get me wrong, I expected to age. I never thought I would become the old woman that people laugh about. You know the ones that talk to their cats like they expect an answer, who do things that are not age appropriate. One night I went roller-blading. My children rolled their eyes at me and told me, "Mother, act your age". I think they just wanted to get back at me for all the times I told them that very thing when they were smaller. How many years did they lie in wait to use that phrase on me? I mentioned that I would like to try wall climbing. My husband looked at me like I had two heads. "Remember Hon, you're not as young as you once were." The nerve of that man! What does age have to do with ability? I talked about going back to school, my grandchildren giggled and told me, "Grandmothers don't go to school". I'll have them know that wrinkles are just folds of skin, not signs of diminished brain cells. No one minds my feeding the stray cats in the neighborhood. That is age appropriate according to all the generations surrounding me. But goodness, I have been doing that all my life. Other age appropriate things that they approve of is feeding the birds and quilting. These activities don't do anything for you when your mind is telling you to go bike riding or try a go-cart. If we go to a fair, old ladies are expected to follow their family around and hold things for the rest of their family, after all, what could we ride? Phooey on that! I'll be in line for the roller coaster. Can't you age gracefully and have fun too? If I listen to the people around me, I would be stuck in a rocking chair for the rest of my life. Luckily, my cat talks sense. When I confide my woes to him, he tells me to try whatever I feel like doing. It's so nice to have a reasonable voice around you. Jill Knotts knottj @ hotmail.com (Remember to remove the space before and after the @ symbol when writing to the author. The spaces are there to protect our writers from viruses.) ---------------------------------------------------------- Jill enjoys writing about everyday issues with a twist. She says she may yet go to school, because she doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up. --------------------------------------------------------- Letters From Our Readers If Maria Harden and other kindred spirits are ever in the Denver area, I recommend a visit to the Tattered Cover Bookstore. The store was founded by someone just like Maria, someone who made her dream come true. Paul Leadem www. leadem. com Your daughter-in-law was fortunate, I have heard of people being allergic to Fireants and dying from their bite. Jason ****** Maria hit on my weakness! I love books. I constantly comb Flea-Markets looking for the unusual. Jill --------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl's Corner What a blessedly boring week! No accidents, no running around like crazy and not a lot of interruptions. Spring is here. The azaleas have finished blooming and now the lawn weeds are blooming their hearts out. I hate to cut the grass because the wild onions look so good. There can always be found a good excuse to not cut the grass. God bless Cheryl --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- © 2002 Write 2 the Heart Nothing may be reproduced or published without the written permission of the individual author or copyright owner. All rights belong to the authors. ------------------------------------------------------------ All subscriptions sent to your email free of charge.