When
I get “elderly” if I become GRUMPY… please just shoot me. Truly, I prefer a bullet in the head to being
a seventy
something sourpuss.
On
Thursdays at the local grocery store they give the senior citizen
discount. My son DREADS Thursdays at
work simply because crotchety, grumpy folks abound, AND if their coupon does
not scan: Grumpy times 100. What
in the cat hair?
When
I was a kid, my grandpa was the sweetest and nicest old man you ever met, while
my grandma was pretty grumpy. Some of us in our 50’s and 60’s are helping to
care for aging parents and it is not an easy job. My mom who is almost 84 is a character
for sure. She CAN be a sweetie, but sometimes she is a pistol! That is when her kids have to remind her to
be cheerful:)
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| MARY C behaving herself and being happy:) |
In
all honesty, when you are getting older, it is not so easy to be pleasant. Aches
and pains abound, life is sometimes hard.
And don’t get me started on what might happen to the bowels….YIKES
As
we baby boomers come “of age” into the retirees generation, there are becoming
an abundance of golden years services,
and I for one am going to make a concerted effort to be THANKFUL
for all of it. NOT the grumpy senior at the grocery store, or
the doctor’s office, or the gas station.
We have to remember there are a lot of us, and if we all turn into crabby
old folks, the planet might explode- then what?
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| The earth exploding with too much baby boomer grumpiness! |
If
we can’t develop and keep a sense of humor
about growing old then
we might as well give up and let the planet explode around us.
My
hunny and I are planning to become really cute and funny old folks and we have
a great start. Don’t cha think?
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| American Gothic? |
Tim
Conway (when he was younger) played an excellent “the old guy’ in many sketches
on the Carol Burnett show. He was awesome. Have a look here:
Now
he IS an old guyJ And still pretty funny on sponge Bob Square
pants as “Barnacle Boy”
Here
are the things I have told my children to remind me (even when I can’t remember)
are OFF LIMITS for me:
1. Berating the “younger generation” for their “newfangled,”
“hard to understand” ways. NO I don’t want a smart phone, but it is A-OK
if they have one.
2. Discussing my bowels- movement or consistency- with
ANYONE other than a health care professional…
WAY Cat Hair!
3. Describing in detail any “procedure” I might have
had. What? NO!
4. Complaining about my kids or grandkids not visiting-
I will take what I can get, and be grateful for it.
5. Ranting and raving about anything already
mentioned in this blog- so unattractive!
What
about all you baby boomers out there?
Will you purpose in your heart NOT to become grumpy old men and women? Or
when you hit 65 or 70 will you (start or continue) to moan and groan about
everything including sliced bread.
Awhile
back I was listening to someone I know (who is not that elderly yet). In one conversation (almost one breath) she
complained about the government, the economy, her kids, her grandkids, the
grocery store, other drivers, her physical ailments, her husband, and the state
of the world.
Multiple
times in a 15 minute conversation.
What
in the Cat hair? Needless to say I DID NOT want to be her BFF. I
almost laughed in her face. It would have
been WAY funny if not so tragic.
Scripture
tells us being a big fat grump is a sin.
PERIOD.
NO EXCUSES
Being a grump and being old is even MORE unbecoming.
Finally
and most importantly, the best reason for not being a grumpy, complaining, cantankerous
old fart is a big one:
It
has to do with the day you stand before YOUR creator and Judge:
James 5:9 “Don’t grumble against each other, brothers, or you
will be judged: BEHOLD, THE JUDGE IS STANDING
AT THE DOOR!”
As
we age, we are moving closer to that door every day.
What cha gonna do?
Thank you for the much-needed reminder! :) You are funny, and I appreciate your humor.
ReplyDeleteWell, I am officially a grump. I have done 3 of the 5 things on the list. WAHHHHHH! Forgive me Jesus! Your writing has reminded me to practice what I preach everyday, "Choose JOY"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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