Little Old Ladies

[IRescue452]

I was in my office at the Salvation Army yesterday and the little old lady volunteers were setting up for an auction. Then one mentioned that there is cookie dough in the food pantry that they need to use and next thing you know they are all baking cookies to put out at the auction. Its nice to have my office next to the kitchen, they brought me samples. You gotta love 'em.

[Donnaj4962]

What a wonderful thread! My two passions all in one.... pets and old folks!

We call (very affectionately) little old ladies "LOLLIES"... get it? LOL/Lollies!!!!

Anyway....

Many of you know that I work at our local Council on Aging, and could I ever tell you some stories! May is Older Americans Month, and we have our Mayor read a proclamation every year, and last year for the first year, we had a luncheon and we honored Margaret Ringenberg. Some of you may know of her... she was a WWII pilot!!!!!! And at the age of 85 (I think), she still flies in airplane races! She has written a book, and she was in a book written by Tom Brokaw about America! Very sweet lady! She was the pilot who flew the airplane over Fort Wayne to announce (by dropping leaflets) that WWII had ended!

While I was talking to a church group one day, talking about the services that we offer, I met a woman who was in the Navy and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed!!!!!!!! Can you imagine?!

Anyway, I wanted to say one more thing about seniors. PLEASE, if you are fortunate enought to still have parents and/or grandparents around, get their story from them. Learn about their childhood, ask about their parents, find out why they have made the decisions in their lives that they have. Get it on tape, or record it on camera.... and keep it! This is your legacy, and you need to get it now before it is too late. We try to encourage people to do this, because, as has been said on this thread already... every senior has a story!

Sorry this is so long....seniors are very near and dear to my heart!

[Pam]

PLEASE, if you are fortunate enought to still have parents and/or grandparents around, get their story from them. Learn about their childhood, ask about their parents, find out why they have made the decisions in their lives that they have. Get it on tape, or record it on camera.... and keep it! This is your legacy, and you need to get it now before it is too late. We try to encourage people to do this, because, as has been said on this thread already... every senior has a story!

This is so true! My mom is quite elderly now (in her 90's) and her memory isn't so great. I am glad I heard all of those great stories years ago and have committed it all to memory. There are still some things I'd like to ask her but unfortunately now she probably wouldn't remember at this point.

[sirrahbed]

....if you are fortunate enought to still have parents and/or grandparents around, get their story...........

I am so glad you posted this! Back when Tom Brokaw's "Greatest Generation" book came out - I asked each of my parents to jot down some stories they had about their early years and now I keep these writings in my copy of the book. Mom was an RN and served on a USN ship off Italy during the war. My dad was in the Army Air Corp and this is when he met my mom. She is gone now and dad is 82.

at the term LOLLIES love it!

[sparks19]

HMMMM everyone seems to have such exciting stories. My parents both had the same sort of life when they were younger.

both were raised in VERY small towns. My mom was the only 8th grader in a one room school house lol and this was in the 50's that's how small the town was.

My dad grew up in a small town and played with his brothers mostly... and has LOTS of scars to prove it lol.

My mom was married at 19 and had my brother. My dad was married in his early 20's and had my brother and sister.

but I always love to hear stories about my Maternal Grandmother. she died of Cancer when I was 8. She was only around 54. But I love to hear how much alike we are lol. And all the stories about growing up in their small little town. And of course how much the city I grew up in has changed over the years.