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My Bath Is Not the Same

My relaxing baths are not the same Because I am not the same I know when I get down into a tub, I might not be able to get back up out of it now How rapidly I changed from a little girl To an old woman Not realizing what it meant Age did not sneak up, I blinked and she was here. She slapped me in the face I used to love a bath! The more bubbles the better I cannot have bubbles anymore because of my asthma I worry when I get down low I cannot get out of this tub. When did I transmogrify from a young girl to a dinosaur? I growl with fierceness and make my own bubbles.

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 4/3/2022 9:02:00 AM

A fun/cute write. Getting older and getting down does not work so well. I love my showers. Have a great/blessed day...................

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/3/2022 6:55:00 PM

I’ve baths but are they worth the trouble? Probably not

Rico Leffanta

Date: 3/25/2022 11:46:00 AM

You would be surprised at the number of elderly women I have had to help out of the swimming pool or jacuzzi! But a good float is worth the risk? Aloha!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/25/2022 7:54:00 PM

Oh my! I would be horrified Rico!

Ilene Bauer

Date: 3/25/2022 9:33:00 AM

I love your poem, Caren, but I’ve always been a shower person - even as a little girl. Still, I can 100% relate to the aging part…

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/25/2022 7:54:00 PM

I loved a bath; not so much now

Eve Roper

Date: 3/24/2022 9:35:00 PM

hahahaha... I know the feeling.. and I use to love them as late as in my fifties.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/25/2022 2:07:00 AM

Me too Eve. Me too!

L Milton Hankins

Date: 3/24/2022 9:06:00 PM

I love it, Caren. I, too, always enjoyed my occasional bath (as opposed to the routine shower), but now if I got down into the tub, I'd have to have someone haul me out of it. Not a pleasant thought. It's one of life's small pleasures I truly miss.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/25/2022 2:08:00 AM

I used to LOVE a bath!

Jeff Kyser

Date: 3/24/2022 8:29:00 PM

A good bath, like a good engagement: always a ring

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/25/2022 2:08:00 AM

Always Jeff, always!