They don't get it

[mimitabby]

My Mom was hiking 14.000 foot peaks and skiing a million vertical feet a year until she was diagnosed with ovairian cancer 3 years ago. She is 72, and until she got sick could out ski most guys half her age, through the powder in the trees in Colorado.

HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ruth

Ruth, so how is your mom??


this thread reminds me of the sadness I have with many of my friends and relatives. Only a few of them "get it" the rest are giving up.
they can't walk because their feet hurt, or their back hurts, or...
they gain weight because they are not moving around, and this makes it worse. DH and I are bouncing around and healthier than we have been all our lives, but we are surrounded by siblings, cousins, and friends who are OLD and getting OLDER fast as multiple systems break down in their bodies from their unhealthy lives. I have one cousin who is 7 years older than me. She spends hours walking and working out now, but her husband ... it's too late for him and she can't do anything about it. It's so sad. (he has diabetes, and his spine is destroyed from carrying around too much weight for much of his life)