VISITS...

so this week...i am meeting with some old people..derek has us visiting people from the church and then he also ha us doing some christmas visits where we get to drop off presents...and i just got back a bit ago from meeting with a 90 year old lady..mom i was there for over 2 hours..and i couldnt see to get out of her house..frankly i could have stayed all night..but she kept repeating the same things over and over again...and i just wanted to laugh...but was soo patient with her...and she has such a difficult time moving and truly offered me a place to live..haha..she was like i have rooms upstairs that no one uses and i wouldnt bother them...but i just am lonely and want someone in the house at night...so would you be interested??..haha..i just wanted to laugh..she was like please come again..so when are you coming again??..i told her bekah was going to be here and she said well you can bring her around too..your friend is welcome...haha....soo wonderful..but shes sooo sad mom and soooooo lonely it hurts my spirit and my heart and she has such poor health..did i mention her hands were all swollen from lack of circulation..and her feet are swollen...AND her back is all hunched and she has a cane..and truly takes her AGES to move....cool roomie huh??...think i might stick with jill..haha!!..told her that maybe i could stay like one night a week or something??..she does live like a stones throw away from the church..how nice would that be?... (an email to my mom)

okay so the past few days i have met many people who are in their 80's and even a 90 year old and it amazes me how there is such a varied difference between them all...some are still driving..quick in the mind, not too slow on their feet and their husbands are also still alive...and they have loads of family and friends..and they are fiesty and soo very alive ...and then there are others who are truly housebound. Some havn't left their house in ages and have someone to help them dress in the morning and come to help them get ready for bed...their independence is stripped from them..and they are soo dependent on others, have no family and are in immense pain...how sad is that??...

and i often think...how is their such a difference? This afternoon I had lunch with some elderly people and as I was chatting with the women i thought wehre would my grandmas be in this room. Would they be the ones sitting there with a blank look on their face? or would they be the ones who are now engaging me and i immediately thought..they would both be the ones engaging me, asking me what i thought about this or that..and i just don't think that i have ever thought about how fortunate i am to and how fortunate my grandmas are to still be moving around and being social and having friends and family and to be able to read and leave your house...how lucky they are to be independent and able to drive themselves places if they so choose..and i think i know they both have their aches and pains and even arthritis..and one may be shrinking quite a bit...BUT they both have their wit and their mind ..

and i just feel soo very blessed to that they are the age they are and still in good form...and i just thought ...I truly do miss my grandmas and I think i take them for granted at times...

SO go call someone who is of a wise age...and tell them how thankful you are for them!!