GRANDMA'S COLORS I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me, and…
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IN YOUTH AND AGE In youth we learn; With age we understand. A quote from "Inside the NFL" on November 11, 1999
DEAD IN DOG YEARS In dog years I'm dead. Source unknown
GOING OUT WITH A BANG A tough old cowboy once counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a little gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning.…
WHEN MOM'S HAIR TURNS GRAY One evening a young girl was staring at her mother for the longest time. The girl noticed that some of the hairs on her mother's head were no longer brown…
AGING CONCERNS God grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. Now that I'm…
NOT ALL THINGS EQUAL Bill was an excellent golfer who had a few extra hours one afternoon. He decided that if he hurried, he could probably squeeze in nine holes of golf before he had…
SHORT-TERM PLANS East Canton, OHIO (AP) -- Dick Alexander knows where he's going when he dies: right into the coffin he's fashioned for himself. Concerned about burdening his family with the casket's cost, Alexander spent…
SHORT SHOTS You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. Melinda Hodgin
SHORT SHOTS Age doesn't always bring wisdom, sometimes age comes alone. Melinda Hodgin
SHORT SHOTS Life not only begins at forty, it begins to show. Melinda Hodgin
SHORT SHOTS You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing. Melinda Hodgin
I LEARNED THESE THINGS The writer of these observations is my older brother Steve who was born in 1951. These are the things I have learned since I was young... Age 2: Brand new Craftsman…
AGES ON THE DOORS A seven-year-old girl went with her Brownie troop to visit a retirement home. When she returned from the outing, she was telling her mother all about it: "We visited a man…
TOP HEAVY FUTURE FAMILIES In the photograph of a family gathering in 2015, there will be a lot of gray heads with more people over 55 in the shot than children under 18. Demographers would…
WISDOM OVERLOOKS THINGS The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. -- William James, 1890
WHO WILL BE BOYS Boys will be boys and so will a lot of middle aged men. -- Kin Hubbard
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EARTH IS WRONG PLACE There comes to all men ultimately the awareness that this earth is the wrong place. -- G. K. Chesterton
FUNERAL COOKIES An old man was laying on his death bed. He had only hours to live when he suddenly smelled chocolate chip cookies. He loved chocolate chip cookies better than anything in the world.…
FRIENDSHIPS FORMED IN PARENTING She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
