Quote Originally Posted by Trek420 View Post

She's pretty fit for 84 although she had difficulty lifting the 25 lb watermelon she grew. She gardens again a lot now though she stopped for a while after moving to her new home and living alone. I'm glad to see she's at it again.

Aware that it's less of a "workout" with a town lot rather than her previous 3 acres she added walking to the mix. Now thinks little of walking into town to shop, volunteer or raise heck being an activist.

Fact is she walks further and faster than I do.

Sure she has her aches and pains however we're really lucky, Duck and I to have been spared thus far many of the rigors of the "sandwich generation".

I know this, and my Mom "won't last forever" but I asked her what she credits her health too. She credits staying active.

Other than genetic luck of the draw I think she would say to you all "Keep moving!"
Trek that's so great!
I HOPE to be as active as your mother if I make it to 84!
My own mother died this year at the age of 84, after about 5 years of slow decline. My mother was a wonderful loving unique woman, but she was the opposite of active. Her goal for decades was to avoid exertion as much as possible. This lesson is not lost on me. I saw her couch potato lifestyle make it harder and harder for her to move around and be active or independent. Her last years were physically extremely difficult. "Keep moving" is a motto that I too have tried to keep in my life, because I want to be actively living a productive life in my 80's. Your mother sounds like an inspiration.