Category Archives: Aging

Aging in place

Posted on September 2, 2021 by barbaraehardy

Don and I become more and more aware that we are in fact aging. TG we are aging in place. Any willingness I had to someday go to a nursing home was shot to pieces when COVID hit. I had … Continue reading →

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All right..where have my lips gone???

Posted on December 15, 2016 by barbaraehardy

I have lips, yes, but they are not the lips of my youth.  I noticed this the other day when (for a change) I decided to apply lipstick.  My lips were never those fat ones people now try to emulate with … Continue reading →

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Hospital waiting rooms

Posted on December 8, 2016 by barbaraehardy

Three days ago I wrote, “Every death is every death.”   Today my thought is, ‘Every hospital waiting room is every hospital waiting room.”      I thought that all the long hours I sat at Blake Hospital waiting….for Don to go into … Continue reading →

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Prevent Alzheimer’s…try something new

Posted on November 26, 2016 by barbaraehardy

Do Jello shots count?  Because I had my first one today at a tailgate party (watching OSU vs MI) … The rule the tailgaters have imposed is for every touchdown, you have to down a jello shot.  I had ONE…bleah.  Jello … Continue reading →

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A visit to the doctor

Posted on September 10, 2016 by barbaraehardy

Not my favorite thing to do, but I’m at that age where it keeps happening.   Friday it was the cardiologist’s turn at me. For the last five or so months, my blood pressure has been quite low…for me, unheard of.   … Continue reading →

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Aging

Posted on May 17, 2016 by barbaraehardy

If you are under 50 and reading this, pay attention.  Getting old is easy;  staying in a condition to enjoy it is something else entirely. I know what I’m talking about.  I’m 74;  I live in a ‘senior park’ where … Continue reading →

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Thoughts about aging

Posted on February 22, 2014 by barbaraehardy

Soon I will celebrate my 72nd birthday.  That’s a little too old to pretend I’m not aging.  And actually, there is much about aging I don’t mind at all.   The worst part for me is watching the years just vanish.   … Continue reading →

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If I last another twenty years….

Posted on December 12, 2013 by barbaraehardy

It must be the early hour at which I’m writing, but sentiment is washing through me, and I’m wondering what life might be like if I should last another twenty years.   I’d be 91,  a not unreasonable age to attain. … Continue reading →

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The stillness of a rainy day

Posted on November 3, 2013 by barbaraehardy

It rained yesterday.  Perfect weather for a movie, so off we went to see “LastVegas,” which is very funny.  With such veteran performers, it could hardly miss.  It was a short (by today’s standards) movie, only an hour and a … Continue reading →

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More memory than anticipation

Posted on July 30, 2013 by barbaraehardy

With this move to Florida, I’ve been thinking about life, and suddenly I realize that mine has become more about memories than anticipation.   It’s probably all that photo sorting and accompanying remembering that has triggered this, but that doesn’t take … Continue reading →

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