dear folks, talk about devotion to a cause. I just read Granny D by Doris Haddock. She believed Money corrupts our elected officials. (ya think!) so, in order to draw attention to The National Campaign Finance Reform bill before congress, March 2001, she WALKED across America, to be in Washington when the Bill was before congress.
She walked about 10 miles a day making speeches along the way. She stayed in the homes of people who offered her a nights lodging, had her family and friends drive an old van along in in front of her for a rest and a cold drink.
This was such an inspirational book to me. A woman who had an idea, a plan and did it!! She was in pain a good deal of the way, with her 'arthritis' bothering her in the cold and a recurring 'bad foot' that she had to tape up. She got sick and had to stop for 2 weeks, but continued on taking up just where she left off and finished a year later in Washington DC with a crowd of supporters waiting for her.
She wrote: " I just put one foot in front of the other" Up long hills, through 105 degree weather in the deserts and cold snow.She kept going.....
......So, This is the way I look at dealing with this disease, I just need to put one foot in front of the other. A woman wrote her a note and sent it along: "I am a 70 year old crippled with arthritis, but in my mind I am marching along with you."
thanks for reading, sarah
Hey, I can believe it. I mean I have had 80 year olds passing me walking down the hallway to go to my RDs office and they were going to the same place. I literally got left in the dust by a few 80 year olds.
Kinda makes ya feel bad when you are struggling to just make it from the drop off in front to the office door right around the corner and then you get passed not once, but twice by 80 year olds going to the same doctor.
Just remember one foot in front of the other and hold on to that wall for balance
know what you mean.
sarah
I remember a few years ago an older woman who was slowly making her way to the door of my office building and I quickly walked up and overtook her.
She said something about enjoying my youth while it lasts. I smiled and explained to her that I have to move fast because I can't stand or walk that long with my back problems, so I have to get to a seat as soon as possible.
OTOH, my Dad's 83 and is still chopping down trees.
Guess age is really just a number.
Yes, it really is. My grandmother is somewhere around 75ish, smokes a half a pack a day (she cut down, it used to be almost 2 packs a day...) laughs like a HYENA, cusses about everything, talks about sex, paints her toenails when the girls come over, watches lifetime with my aunts, etc etc and is just generally a TRIP to be around. She acts like she's a teenager!!!! I LOVE that woman!!sarah
I would LOVE for my grandmother to write a book about her life. She has done SO much, and she doesn't even realize it. It's amazing. And the time period that she grew up in, and raised kids in etc etc. She has a story for EVERYTHING. And I LOVE to listen!!Katie- she sounds really lovely and what grandmothers should be like.Mine was 97 when she died, she had brought up 14 children, helped bring up 46 grandchildren and worked until she was 70. She was never ill until about a year before she passed and that was just old age complaints.even at 97 she could remember every single name and birthday of all her grandchildren and great granchldren. She never bothered anyone or expected a fuss, she just got on with life as if each day was special.I love grannies
Dear Pincushion, I believe your are right soooo many women (and men) have lives of interest. My sister in law wrote a book about her grandmother's family, got it published (I don't know how) but I suspect it wasn't real hard to do. I have a copy. It is paperback and inexpensive 'binding', etc. It would be great if more people wrote about their lives as we can learn from others.
sarah