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Bruce[_28_]

On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:21:53 -0400, wrote:

>On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:28:19 +1000, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:21:19 -0300, wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:53:07 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>>wrote:
>>>
> wrote in message
m...
>>
>>>>> To me, it was only natural my mother would come to me, she couldn't
>>>>> continue living in Spain without my father. In my book, elder people
>>>>> die at home and I intend to do so myself, one way or another. I didn't
>>>>> regard it as a burden or duty, just doing what comes naturally.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yes, people used to do that a lot more than they do now. My grandmother and
>>>>my uncle lived with us most of our lives, up until the time they died. I
>>>>have wonderful memories of both of them.
>>>>
>>>>Cheri
>>>
>>>I felt it was good for our kids, not only did they get to really know
>>>each other but it bred some tolerance into my kids for older people.
>>>Some things had to be sacrificed but it didn't harm any of us.
>>
>>I thought for a long time that old people were a special kind of
>>people that were born old. Only now that I'm starting to get older
>>myself do I realise that old people were once young. I now have more
>>sympathy for them.
>
>Way too late that you became intelligent... obviously still not
>intelligent.

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