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Arkansas Granny

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5. I hope your friends make good recoveries. As far as losing people your age, I can fully understand

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:57 AM

Feb 2016

your feelings. I am 69, in good health and stay active. I live alone (with a cat) and still work everyday. I enjoy my job and the people I work with and I've seen so many of my friends and family just go downhill after they retire. I don't know if it's just that their health fails or if they just feel like they've lost purpose in life, but is scary watching it.

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Need some love: DU friend had 2 strokes. [View all] ellenrr Feb 2016 OP

. tk2kewl Feb 2016 #1

... In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #2

Hang in there, my dear LiberalEsto Feb 2016 #3

sorry to hear it. ellenrr Feb 2016 #4

I hope your friends make good recoveries. As far as losing people your age, I can fully understand Arkansas Granny Feb 2016 #5

It's great you're still working! ellenrr Mar 2016 #7

I watched a segment of "To The Contrary" with Bonnie Erbe last weekend that focused on older women Arkansas Granny Mar 2016 #9

thanks I'll look at it. Of course ellenrr Mar 2016 #10

this is the article I referenced: ellenrr Mar 2016 #11

I 'd like to add my support mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #6

thanks for your good thoughts. ellenrr Mar 2016 #8