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When You Are Old

Often things can get strange when you are old because there is bound to appear to you ailments that become more than just a few - problems as a child you were never told. If you’re expecting to live golden years, I’m here to tell you don’t set the bar high. Never did I think I might want to die. Slowly but surely great health disappears. I never imagined I’d see the start of incontinence and dimming of eyes. Eat right and keep up with your exercise. Especially of your brain and your heart!

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Date: 1/21/2025 5:57:00 PM
Congratulations Andrea on your win and the great advice you give on getting old. Hope you are coping... hugs...
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Date: 1/21/2025 3:00:00 PM
Congratulations on your winning work in my contest. Way to go. Thank you for your participation. So sad that we start to fall apart but that is the life cycle. Sara K
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Date: 1/21/2025 8:40:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful write. One cannot buy great health any any age. Health is extra important as one gets older... Have a blessed day with your win as you write away..................
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Date: 1/20/2025 8:43:00 PM
Regular exercise, healthy diet and a peaceful mind can make old age happier for many. But when health diminishes, it leads to problems, physical and mental. So don't set the bar high. Rightly said, Andrea.
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Date: 1/19/2025 9:27:00 PM
Don't set the bar high ,keep up with your exercise especially of your brain and your heart-true.Hsve a nice day.
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Date: 1/19/2025 9:34:00 AM
This is very respectable - I wish you a long life without these ailments...hang in there <3
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/19/2025 10:17:00 AM
thanks, I don't know if I really want to live too long. 30 years ago I'd have said yes, but we can't foresee the weird things that will come along to make life difficult.
Date: 1/19/2025 3:01:00 AM
Is this for the contest? Great poem. No way to know the date we die. My sister-in-law is 96 years old, but life is boring for her. A friend died at 28, over speeding. That is life.
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Date: 1/19/2025 3:01:00 AM
Your poem says it well. Getting old isnt for the weak of heart. I can sympathize with this
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/19/2025 10:15:00 AM
Yep!! thanks, Oliver
Date: 1/19/2025 3:01:00 AM
Hi Andrea, I try and keep as active as I can, I walk rather than take the bus, other than a few aches and pains I'm ok. xx
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/19/2025 10:16:00 AM
I would do that, but something happened to my leg, and my rare nervous conditions no longer allow me to live my normal life I used to live. I exercised a lot "in the day."
Date: 1/19/2025 3:00:00 AM
Your poem says it well. Getting old isnt for the weak of heart. I can sympathize with this
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Date: 1/19/2025 3:00:00 AM
Is this for the contest? Great poem. No way to know the date we die. My sister-in-law is 96 years old, but life is boring for her. A friend died at 28, over speeding. That is life.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/19/2025 10:15:00 AM
yes, there is a contest for this theme. Life is life
Date: 1/19/2025 12:05:00 AM
Thanks God anyway, I would like to say.
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