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truedelphi

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16. one sadthing is that by the time you are one hundred -

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #13)

Sat May 26, 2012, 08:37 PM

May 2012

You may have lost your children and your grandchildren. I became aware of that when taking care of the elderly - as often the nicest person would be so lonely.

I'd get all opinionated about it - why isn't the family visiting and all? and then come to learn of the person's age. And that their husband had died in his fifties and so had the kids. By the time you are a hundred, there might not be any family left, and friends are all gone too.

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