The Old People of the Gorge

Some of you know my parents, some of you have only heard the stories. Gpa will be 80 this coming February. Gma will be 76 on August 31st. And yes she is a Virgo. So much that it is annoying sometimes.

My dad can work circles around any of the males in the family. We really don't allow them to do much anymore when it comes to us kids. Gpa just supervises the whole thing. And Gma tells him how it really is to be done. Same goes with Gma, she only gets to watch and put in her 10 cents. (inflation brought that up from 2 cents to 10 cents) Gma has Macular Degeneration. She can only see out of the side of her eye. No straight on vision. Her eyes are also what they call "wet". It is a term used that basically means her eyes are bleeding. As soon as they stop she can have surgery. Then, hopefully she will be able to see again. Gma had to go to the hospital for a couple of days. She has an arithmia and fluid in her lungs. She has trouble laying flat at night. She is all better now. I never really think about my parents getting old, but it is part of life and it happens. One of these days they are going to leave this earth and then I will be really alone in this world. I have Mandi and Jeremy,but they have there own families and lives. Hannah and Zoe are there too, but they have there family as well. I, like my mom and dad enjoy the time I get to spend with the kids for now. But one day I will be this old lady that can't see well and probably can't remember so good and will they want to be hanging out with me then. Probably not as often. I enjoy spending time with my parents more now then when I was younger. Maybe my kids will feel the same way when i am old. I hope so anyway. So for all of you that are older, really enjoy the time with the kids while you are younger. And to you young ones, if the kids don't want to hang out with you now they more then likely will like to hand with you when they are older. Like Mark Twian said. " I thought my father was a stupid man, until I was older and was amazed at how much he had learned in all those years."