My 85 year old mother is no longer...........

[mrmpa]

85. She turned 86 today, the 2nd of April. She's the last of her immediate family. Her father was born in 1887 in Poland and her mother inn 1895 in the US. She lost her first sibling in 1949 and the last one in 2011. She still has 2 cousins, they are the last children born of fathers that were brothers.

[femmocrat]

1. Happy Birthday to your mom!

On my mother's side, I still have two elderly aunts in their 80s. All of my aunts and uncle on my dad's side have passed. Cherish your time together.

[applegrove]

2. My dad just turned 86 last week. He's slowing. He's been in a wheelchair

for a while but mentally he can't quite hold a conversation much anymore. Which is fine because he, like me, is as happy as a clam with quiet and reading and listening to the news. He has wonderful caregivers. So his quality of life is as high as it could be.

[meow2u3]

3. Happy Birthday to your mom

May she live at least another 14 years (to 100).

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Many happy returns to your mother!!!

At 85, my mother had also lost her only (younger) sibling and her parents. My grandparents were also born in Poland, emigrated in 1912 while still in their teens and eventually met here. My grandfather was made a citizen and sent to war in France. By all accounts, he was a wonderful guy, but I never did meet him since he died young. Wishing your mother many more good years!

[postulater]

5. Happy birthday to her!

It is great to have your elders around.

My mother turned 90 in February. We had a party at the Packer Hall of Fame (she has a Packer shrine in her basement and was at the IceBowl). She stays involved in her six children and eight grandchildren and just had her first great-grandchild last summer.