I think a friend and I should make dinner for her and just give her some company.
Be sure to invite the nearly 100 year old neighbor too.
Kindness is free. You reap what you sew
Haven't reaped much in my life to date. I can't even be kind to myself.
I usually rip what I sew, but mostly because I'm not got at sewing. I do try to sow kindness, though its hard being so damn sarcastic all the time. I wonder what sarcasm reaps.
Hmm… all of this sounds very “white.”
Maybe you could ask your hundred year old neighbor what he remembers from when he was a teenager. That’s the only thing you could do that would be “whiter” than your kind heartedness.
I mean don’t push it. If they want to offer it they will let you know. But do it. My best one was “well it feels strange living in the world today because I remember the antebellum days.“ My worst one was “I usually say I served in Korea but I was actually in Germany with the OSS right after World War II.”
Bravo. Lonely is the biggest killer of the senior citizen, because it is Always around.
You should find time to listen to his stories. This is a century of knowledge nearly from a unique prospective.
An intelligent old man plants trees that they know they will never sit nearby and watch it grow.
Have you seen the film "apt pupil"?
This is my father at 86. Mom passed about 6 years ago. While I feel pretty lonely myself in this fucked up world we live in, I know it cannot compare to how he must feel having been married over 40yrs. I'm glad I'm here for him now as he has always been there for me my whole life. If I could, I would give up the remainder of my own life so my mom could be back here with him.
Being the last surviving member of your friend group sucks.
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