FOREVER YOUNG/MOM

Now that I've given you one example of Forever Young, I'll give you another.

My mom, who is eighty-seven, still walks to the store everyday, cooks, does the laundry and takes care of my brother, This comes from working hard all her life. She was a waitress for sometime, and for many years worked in a taylor shop, while raising three kids on her own.  She did the best she could for a single parent.

And yes my mom is still pretty feisty, and I'm so lucky to have her here. Though as mother's and daughter's go, we still get into our little cat and dog fights, but the scratches hurt less, and the bark is not so harsh, but of course when I was younger, I felt my world was fallen apart, and I was scarred for life, but scars heal eventually, and the ones that don't disappear, remain a very dull ache.

And now I have a daughter, grown up,  but will always be my little girl, and yes we  do have our little squabbles, but we also have a great relationship.

So I look at my mom and say FOREVER YOUNG.

FOREVER YOUNG/MY UNCLE

You might wonder why I chose the title Forever Young.   It's not  because of Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis, who starred in the film Forever Young,, or the song by Rod Stewart,  but for the pure joy of saying those two words. FOREVER YOUNG.

Now I know you're probably thinking, is she crazy, or what did she have to drink today?  I'm over fifty, sixty etc. etc. and etc.,

Well let me give you one example or maybe two...or more as I go along...

My uncle, who is eighty-eight years old, impersonated Elvis for many, many years. He had the women swooning over him, with  my aunt on the sideline, watching with pride, enjoying every moment.  Since my aunt's death, he stopped for awhile, mourning the lost of his soul mate. But as time went on, he got out his white sequin suit and wig, knowing she would approve, and started performing again, until he finally retired at the age of eighty-five.

He is also the busy traveler, who has been to so many places, that I've lost count with the latest being, a cruise to Alaska.... and now he has a companion, eighty-four years young, and both love to dance.

So Uncle, I must say you are a fine example to others, and of course to me, that you are never too old to live life to the fullest.

so  I look at my uncle and say he is FOREVER YOUNG.