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In reply to the discussion: Americans are the loneliest, most isolated people [View all]toby jo
(1,269 posts)She reaches out to people constantly, is still involved in her church, takes things to people who move into the neighborhood ( something she got me hooked on ), calls regularly, sends cards, travels, listens, talks and talks. What stories she has. Just a priceless soul.
There used to be a lot of card playing going on in these hills, it turns out. And of course social gatherings - barn dances, valentine day dances, community ball games at someone's farm, taking the kids out skating or to movies in the days when not everyone had a car.
She says things changed with tv, that everybody just wanted to sit in by themselves and watch their television. How many of us here remember that shift?
She had one son, he was killed 40 years ago. Last mother's day she got 24 cards.
I think there is a little bit of a lost art form going on in our daily life. I count every day with Gracie a good one, she's the best, a teacher, a friend, a relic, and more in the moment than most folks. But it takes work. Life is not well-lived as the object of being entertained.