Remembering........

I had a friend, long since dead, who left an indelible mark on my life. Two memories stand out. The first. She cradled our Spina Bifida, hydrocephalic baby in her forearms and gently told him how beautiful he was. Secondly. I and two of my children came down with the chicken pox at the same time. She took my eight month old home to care for her without a seconds hesitation. Some time later, I told her how grateful I was. She looked at me in astonishment and said, "You don't know how honored I was you asked me!" Her name was Audrey Clapham. Never to be forgotten. Remembered with the greatest of love..........marge

news media alert - don't label us

If an adult gets knocked down, injured, robbed or anything else, that person doesn't need a special age label by the news media. It may matter if one is a child or infant, but not an adult, please! The worst being, labelling us 'elderly'. Are we older than average? Certainly, but tagging us as 'elderly' is totally unnecessary and quite frankly, insulting. Are you telling us the sum total qualifications for our years of living comes down to 'Elderly'? Does this make your story more compelling, sympathetic or dramatic? It shouldn't. We are more than that............marge