No One Really Tells You The Hardest Part Of Getting Older

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79. No idea

A 93-year-old woman who had been in the Nursing Home for 12 years, was tired. She had raised 5 children and cared part-time for many of her 29 grandchildren. She loved her whole life, and she loved her life; her body had become so bent with
osteoporosis that it prevented her from doing much else. She was resdy to go.

Her family members for the most part understood as best they could, except for one adult grandson.
She didn’t have the energy to try to help him
anymore, yet, in response to his glib dismissals may have helped him get the picture.

He had stopped by for his usual five-minute visit. As he leaned over to kiss the top of her head, she softly said, “I may not be here the next time you visit.”
He quickly sat back down to try to cheer her up.
“Grandma, the woman across the hall is 102; just think what it will be like when she turns 103!”

Grandma spoke her last statement on the subject, “I don’t know what her plans are.”