Aging

[Norse]

Laterider, I hope I can one day be such a great auntie for my nieces, and that they always view me as much more fun than their parents!

My only living grandparent is now 87 and lives in a place for older folks. She has suffered various health problems throughout her life but has always tried to stay active. She recently recovered from pneumonia and the flu and just got back into walking so she walks to the grocery store a few times a week and carries home what she can manage. The other people where she lives can't believe she walks that far! My 87 year old grandma calls the others in her building "old bitties." I hope I have her genes, meanwhile, I do what I can to not end up like some of my other relatives, but man, where did these wrinkles come from and the age spots! I tried to rub one off my face the other month until I realized what it was.