Not thinking about what's in a brat, I could really go for a brat

[twicketface]

I'm starting to think about life after my grandparents are gone. My grandpa is having some intestinal problems and my grandma broke two vertebra in her back last week simply reaching for something on a high shelf. Both in their 80s, they've had relatively good health and have remained capable of leading regular lives. I think the time has come that they'll need to sell their house and move into some sort of managed care. And I don't think they'll take it very well. I wish I had gotten to know them as people earlier in life. When Marie and I visit now, they are pre-occupied with death and being old. Maybe I'll be the same way, 55 years from now. I see so much value to the elderly wish that they would be around long enough to know their great-grandchildren.

I have this 'thing' towards the back of my throat that looks like a pimple and makes it feel like I've constantly got a hair on the wayback of my tongue. It's been with me for a few days and is rather annoying.

If only we could harness the power of annoying email forwards for the purposes of good. Imagine the world we could live in.

I spent a lot of time thinking about how everything comes from the Earth. The copy machine at work, the tires on the bus, the hair gel in your bathroom cabinet, the pickles in the glass jar on the shelf in your refrigerator on the flooring in your kitchen in your apartment in your building. Everything. Do you see the clouds in the book you read? Do you see the sunshine and rain in the flowers on your way to the store? Do you see a thousand generations past when looking at your own hands? It's all there and I often miss it.

I'm looking forward to being able to hang up the Jay and Silent Bob poster Marie got for me (the blueprints from Mallrats) in the Rec Room. I'll need to look into getting a frame for it. I hope I can remember where it is.

Comments

[so-gracefully.livejournal.com]

i have always wanted to be a child/adolescent psychologist. but lately i have been thinking about focusing on geriatric psychology instead, because i'm thinking how many people are going to be in that category soon (the babyboomers) and how much the need will rise and how few people go into that field. i'm scared to do it though because i don't have any spiritual basis myself and how do you counsel people about things like death when you don't have comforting things to offer even to yourself about it?

[twicketface.livejournal.com]

I think that is fantastic. Most elderly people want to talk about their life and their opinions instead of seeking out new ones, from my experiences. Not to say they are close-minded; just that they feel they've got something to share (experience, knowledge, mistakes) and few want to listen to them. It's sad to think of all the first-hand history that we lose when generations pass on. You have such a big heart and are an altruistic person; I could see you succeeding in a role like that quite well. I'd want my grandparents to hang out with you.

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[so-gracefully.livejournal.com]

thank you for the vote of confidence. (: