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Ptah

(34,159 posts) Sat Feb 25, 2023, 06:42 PM Feb 2023

I'm so old

that I have been composing eulogies for people close to me.

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I'm so old (Original Post) Ptah Feb 2023 OP

My dad lived to 93. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #1

Thank you, LakeArenal Ptah Feb 2023 #2

I know you miss her. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #3

She earned a Masters of Fine Arts with her poetry. Ptah Feb 2023 #4

Prince Edward Island. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #5

I'm so old, cloudbase Feb 2023 #6

Toward the end, dad smiled and told multigraincracker Feb 2023 #7

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)

1. My dad lived to 93.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:02 PM

Feb 2023

He said the worst part is watching everyone else die. He was lonely at the end. Even tho he played bridge and loved sports and had kids that were willing to spend as much time with him as he wanted.

I get it.

Ptah

(34,159 posts)

2. Thank you, LakeArenal

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:04 PM

Feb 2023

My mother lived to be 92.

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)

3. I know you miss her.

Reply to Ptah (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:07 PM

Feb 2023

I do him. My Pop❣️

Ptah

(34,159 posts)

4. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts with her poetry.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:18 PM

Feb 2023

One of her poems is titled 'Few My Age Are Left Alive.'

Where was your Pop from?

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)

5. Prince Edward Island.

Reply to Ptah (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:21 PM

Feb 2023

cloudbase

(6,315 posts)

6. I'm so old,

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:28 PM

Feb 2023

I started going to sea when Noah was but an apprentice seaman.

multigraincracker

(38,050 posts)

7. Toward the end, dad smiled and told

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 07:54 PM

Feb 2023

me he didn’t have any enemies, he had out lived them all.

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