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| Hol
IP: 68.38.136.222 6/24/2006 08:52:02 |
 Subject: Can Anybody Relate?Message: I was laying in bed the other night and my legs looked fine aside from the MANY spider veins (had varicose vein surgery last year). Maybe if I hung upsidedown by my toes and everything gravitated UPWARD my bod would look like a 20-yr.-old again. Would you believe my bellybutton looks like my moms too! Naturally when you're young you never thought this would happen to you! It's so depressing getting old! Swimsuit time is coming when I go down the shore but at this point what can I do? Just exhibit my body proudly even though I want to crawl in a hole. I need not mention the cottage cheese that has invaded my thighs either. Now there's a BIG story. |
| cheryl IP: 206.159.161.156 6/24/2006 09:54:01 | RE: Can Anybody Relate? Message: gravity is a wonderful thing when viewed from the prone position! i just want the energy i had when i was 22. the body is definitely not coming back, but the energy level and a 22 year old heart would be nice! |
| Moi IP: 66.215.185.202 6/24/2006 10:31:32 | RE: Can Anybody Relate? Message: It's interesting that you should bring this up. I can relate in many ways with what you say however recently I've had some conversations with my father in law about life and the importance of enjoying it while you can. He and my mother in law scrimped and squeezed every penny their entire marriage. They didn't go out to eat often, rarely if ever went to a movie, and never allowed themselves the luxury of of things most of us take for granted like microwave ovens, a new car, etc. And let me tell you, they could more than afford it but were "waiting for his retirement." Just about the time my father in law retired my mother in law was diagnosed with terminal cancer and only lived a few months. During her illness she sat up all night watching QVC and buying things that she had always wanted but would never allow herself. Most of the boxes were unopened and Q was very good about taking everything back under the circumstances. Somedays I sit and wonder about my own choices. I remember telling my mother in law that I wanted to attend church (they were very anti organized religion and had taken my hubby out of their will because we attended church) and that I understood it meant they would feel the need to adjust their will accordingly and remove us again, but that I only had this one life to live and I didn't want to live it with regrets. I remember telling her that I would rather live a life of simple means and live it according to my own beliefs, than live it according to their beliefs and someday die with nothing to show for my years on earth but regrets. So, I stuck to that and I know I made the right decision. Yesterday my father in law dropped by to visit and we discussed my mother in law and I told him that I was sad she died never being able to enjoy the money she worked so hard to obtain. He remarried a couple years ago to a very sweet lady. They travel, they buy things, they enjoy themselves tremendously. My step mother in law is active with many local charities, donates time and money to great causes and is truely a good and kind person. I'm thrilled to see them traveling, going to the theater and just being able to do almost anything they want. My father in law said he hopes none of us are waiting for him to die to get his $$$ because he may spend it all before it's over. I hope he does. He's earned it. So, though this isn't about the physical aspects of growing older, it is about the emotional and mental aspects of maturing while the body is growing older. You know, I love the person I am becoming. I love myself so much more now than I did at 20. In the past few months, I've had people who I have known forever tell me that they so admire me for the person I am. And don't think I'm boasting, not at all - matter of fact, I'm shocked. I'm just me, just being me, and learning to love me for all the things I am AND all the things I am not. Do I wish I had my 20 year old body back? Absolutely! I live in and deal with pain on a daily basis. Would I trade it for all I have learned and trade the person I am for that body again, no way! But I'm no dummy - if anyone can point me in the direction of the 'have it both ways' line, I'll be there :) I admire and respect you ladies so much. Thank you for sharing so much of yourselves with us here. I've learned so much from all of you. And, if you have made it to the end of this rambling, I thank you for listening. I guess I really needed to 'say' it. |
| Hol IP: 68.38.136.222 6/24/2006 19:11:01 | RE: Can Anybody Relate? Message: You didn't ramble, Moi, at all! I really enjoyed reading your "novel" (lol). Now get ready for mine. You made quite a few good points that I will surely remember. What did come to mind reading your post was I remember not too many years ago I told my mother that she'd be crazy to leave her kids any money and she should spend it on herself (my father has passed years ago - bless his heart). I don't know if my mom has listened to me or not since our relationship has not been good as of late. Even though, I hate to say it, money makes the world go round and it is also the root of all evil! I really don't know if I'd ever want to win the lottery. Honestly! Another thing that jolted me into reality just within this past week was the death of a military friend. I knew her when I was a young bride, having babies and she made a big impression on me. Alot of people did since I was so young. Anyway, she just died and she was only 49 (that's close to my age). Supposedily it was an embolism that traveled from her leg to her heart and she had a heart attack. I am also filled with regret that I didn't keep in contact with her like I have done other military friends. What's the use of looking back though? You really never realize how we take things for granted and how precious life can be. Now I feel like a fool for my original post when this death has taught me a valuable lesson. There is MUCH more important things to worry about than the physical. |
| Moi IP: 66.215.185.202 6/25/2006 12:41:48 | RE: Can Anybody Relate? Message: Hol, Thanks for sharing your story as well. I hope it wasn't anything I said that caused you to feel foolish, that wasn't my intent at all - nor do I think you have anything to feel foolish about! Life is one big learning experience and I know that neither you or I would want our kids to feel foolish about lessons learned, right? :) I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I'm even sorrier that you didn't keep in touch and now you have that regret. Life comes at us from so many different directions that it's nearly impossible not to be blindsided sometimes, isn't it? |
| Hol IP: 68.38.136.222 6/25/2006 14:19:54 | RE: Can Anybody Relate? Message: You didn't make me feel foolish at all, Moi. It was the death of my friend at such a young age that jolted me back to reality! |
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