Sharing good news

Hi everyone, It was 4years end April of 2004 since I was diagnosed with bowel cancer. and had major surgery and a large portion of the bowel removed.Thursday I entered hospital in preparation for colonoscopy Friday.After this was over and I was fully awake and aware, My specialist come and shook my hand and said I am pleased to say that you are in full recovery and at this point in time cancer free. YIPPEEEEE . I dont have to see her for 12months , when its time for another colonoscopy.. Next appointment: I have to have ongoing blood tests and I see my Oncologist on the 14th May.and looking for more good news .

I promise to get around and visit you all in the next few days.

Grandma's Apron

I don't think our kids know what an apron is.

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

?It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was?even used for cleaning out dirty?ears?.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places f or shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her?arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, i t carried all sorts of vegetables.

After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen?from the trees.?When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.?

When?dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her

apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes.

REMEMBER:

Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool?Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs was on that apron.??

I don't think I ever caught anything from Grandma's Apron.

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Aging

Aunt Mildred was a 93-year-old woman who was particularly despondent over the recent death of her husband.

She decided that she would just kill herself and join him in death.

Thinking that it would be best to get it over with quickly, she took out his old Army pistol and made the decision to shoot herself in the heart, since it was badly broken in the first place.

Not wanting to miss the vital organ and become a vegetable and a burden to someone, she called her doctor's office to inquire as to just exactly where the heart would be on a woman.

The doctor said, "Your heart would be just below your left breast".
Later that night...

Mildred was admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound to her knee.

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I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN!

I'm the life of the party......even if it lasts until 8 p.m.

I'm very good at opening childproof caps...with a hammer.

I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I am going.

I'm awake hours before my body allows me to get up.

I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying.

I'm very good at telling stories - over and over and over and over..

... I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not nearly as cute as mine. I'm so cared for ---

long-term care,

eye care,

private care,

dental care.

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HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took:

The melody out of music,

The pride out of appearance,

The courtesy out of driving,

The romance out of love,

The commitment out of marriage,

The responsibility out of parenthood,

The togetherness out of the family,

The learning out of education,

The service out of patriotism,

The Golden Rule from rulers,

The nativity scene out of cities,

The civility out of behavior,

The refinement out of language,

The dedication out of employment,

The prudence out of spending,

The ambition out of achievement,

And we certainly are NOT the ones who eliminated patience and tolerance from personal relationships and interactions with others!!