It is easy to forget one’s age when life’s going along smoothly. But just occasionally, we have to stand back and say “I am not 34 or even 64, but 84”. And today my age caught up with me.
A weekend worrying and caring for my friend, driving backwards and forwards 50 km each way a couple of times and then this evening I came to a standstill. Or more accurately, a “shake still”. Having had a long lunch with another friend I arrived home to find my legs and arms were shaking and I couldn’t walk away from the car. I don’t usually park at the door but today I did.
So forgive me if I reblog a post from July 5, 2017, from my other blog – Growing Younger Each day. The title is More New Words. I am most definitely a logophile.
So until the next time –
“No matter how dark the night we know that
whatever happens, the sun will rise tomorrow and
then all the shadows will be chased away,”
Judith Baxter, Mother, Grandmother, sister, blogger, friend
1938 –
A World Apart 
Reblogged this on I choose how I will spend the rest of my life.
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Seems to me that you need to take it easy for a bit. You are a very good friend to many people but it’s taking its toll on you. All best wishes.
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Thank you so much Basia. I am taking advice from family and friends like you. I have cancelled all that I was to do today and tomorrow and even possibly Friday. So I can have time to myself to just sit, think and recover
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Enjoy the moment.
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It’s when he adrenaline rush stops – and it hits far harder than it used to!
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You are so right Cat. We have to remember that our bodies cannot do as much as they used to.
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However, I have an 80-year-old friend who had some back pain (lumbago) that she claims to have cured by hula-hooping!
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I love your friend’s stylestyle Cat
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Sugar drops and adrenaline high/lows. They get you. Not to mention the emotional tolls. I hope you have recovered! You sound like a very good friend.
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Thank you Colleen. It certainly was a wake up cool and quite frightening at the time. A day of rest and another day tomorrow and I’ll be back to my normal self.
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I hope normal has returned 🙂
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Thank you Colleen – it has.
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Oh oh. Please remember your words to me when I over do. I hope you are abed recharging.
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Yes Chris. A late start to the day and then spent mostly reading lost. I am taking it easy today and tomorrow as well
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I hope you have a well-deserved rest. xo
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It’s amazing how our healthy bodies recover after a day of just resting. Thanks for the comment Darlene
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It’s when the head thinks it can do more than our body permits that we get into trouble! Frustrating but true at our age. Join the party. But take a few days off! Be well, my friend.
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We forget less but our body remembers that we are ageing and have to take things rather more easily. I certainly plan to take a couple of days off and am stepping back from being so involved with that friend. She has other friends who can help. Thanks for your support
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I hope you are feeling better! Rest and take care of yourself please.
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Thank you. And yesterday I am feeling much better. It was quite frightening at the time but it was over quite quickly too.
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Of courseI meant today not yesterday.
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Hey girl.
Age is real.
Our limits are real.
Be kind to yourself.
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The mind granny forgets our age but goodness me, the body just occasionally brings us up with a bang. A scary few minutes but a real wake up call
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Sounds like it’s time to think of yourself and get some rest.
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Thanks Patricia. After a day of rest today I feel so much better and back to my usual self. But it was a wake up call which I shall head
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