Just had an incident with my mother which made me realize...

you are a wonderful daughter.

for caring, and also for doing things now to remain you.


mean it

It’s said to make those remaining feel better about the unscheduled departure.

I'm 45. I was very athletic when I was young ... but not hardcore enough to injure myself. I was a gymnast primarily, but I played basketball and softball and was a varsity athlete. Most of my female friends were not.

We have to get our kids to move and to grow muscles. i worry when I look at the kids that they are like .. jello.

You need those muscles as you age. They have to be strong and flexible.

Compared to so many of my friends, I'm in great shape .. and I'm lazy AF and have abused myself plenty ... but the muscles I trained in my youth are still there.

I notice it when I'm doing laundry, for example ... I accomplish all of it in a wide squat because it's quick ... I can squat down empty the dryer and fold, move the laundry from the washer to the dryer, load the washer, and start it all without coming out of the squat.

I watched my friend do laundry and was like no wonder you complain look at you bending at the waist!

We have to keep those muscles moving, joints moving, bones bearing weight, etc ...

Cultures that SIT ON THE FLOOR often live longer.

Most adults I know cant stand up from sitting on the floor without using their hands. This is a must. The day I lose this ability, I'll worry that my body is in trouble.

Cultures that squat when resting often live longer. Same reasons.

I guess what I'm saying is we have to use it or lose it.

You're forgetting one thing: getting old happens to all healthy people. The body slowly breaks down, then slows down. Energy decreases. In other words, the body takes its time getting ready to die.

All old people were young once. The elders will also tell you that one gets old almost overnight. First you weren't, then you were. It appears to happen that way. Younger people won't understand that until, if they're lucky, they live into their 70s.

The thing is, the body ages but the mind doesn't, unless Alzheimer is in their gene pool.

Take care of your mom the way she took care of you.

What color dye?

i would never do that! But I have grown a new consciousness about old age.

lmfao you know what i mean! die!

Thank you for the kind words, Beeches.

I do everything in my power to take care of both of them and make their lives a tiny bit easier, and I have for years.

The point of having a human body is to get all the good out of it while you can. I worked hard and I played hard. Now I'm mostly deaf, half blind, kinda lame, bald, toothless, with a left hand that's pretty much useless and seven different dead areas in my brain.

I'm only 52.

I've enjoyed my life so far. Have every intention to be using it another 50 years although I know it won't be that long. By my figuring I'll completely deaf in another 20 years. Or paralysed by then due to the deterioration of my spine.

But I'll worry about that stuff if it happens. Living with a worn out body is much better than dying healthy.

You got it backward, there, buddy.

No, you're bitter because you're unrealistic. Life ain't fair, cupcake. Oh, and I fucked off a long time ago. So you are snapping your fingers in vain...yet again. lol

Truth. This happened to my mom a few years before she died, but it was pretty much all down hill after that.

Yes,he does,OP.

Not sure if you've heard, but there's a thing they're calling Covid that is a cover story for murdering mainly OLD PEOPLE. The LAST thing this guy should do is bring his mother there unless he absolutely cannot avoid it. He's doing the right thing to wait and make sure she really has to go. And if he has to, he needs to let those MF'ers know that they are to assess her and report to him and he will decide if she stays or not.

Doing weighted squats twice a week will keep you strong so fall dont matter