Category: Growing Older

MY REFLECTION I looked into a mirror And I saw my mother there All the wrinkles by my eyes And the way I comb my hair. I thought “Dear God it Heaven, Have I really become her? In the way I treat my kids, And the lifestyle I prefer?” I told my oldest sister, “We […]

Just where could her husband be? He was bad to keep her waiting. It was hot inside the car; This was very aggravating! He was always in a hurry So who’s the slowpoke now? If she made him wait this long, He would have a holy cow. He wouldn’t use a cell phone, No way […]

He had been criticizing his wife About the excess weight she carried, But quickly said, “Without your glasses, You still look like the girl I married.” So she took her glasses off and said, “You know, what you say is really true Because when I take my glasses off You look like the boy I […]

My cataracts have thickened, And my sight is growing dim. My neighbors say, quite often, That sometimes I don’t know them. My ankles both hold water; All the rest of me has leaks. I have a hard time hearing When a person I meet speaks. My steps have grown unsteady, And my hands both have […]

Two gray haired ladies were eating lunch; They’d been best friends for many years. Through times of sadness and heartache They’d shared times of laughter and tears. Then Mattie told her friend Hattie, “It is very much to my shame, But, for the very life of me I can’t seem to recall your name! Hattie […]