tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23392416.post2367914698491504225..comments2023-11-05T01:20:41.004-06:00Comments on A Day In Rhonda's Life: Society Embarrassed by AgingRhondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916264953926347992noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23392416.post-53797888951454487512010-05-09T22:13:37.169-06:002010-05-09T22:13:37.169-06:00I agree with you and I also think you described me...I agree with you and I also think you described me to a T - jowls like my English Mastiff.<br /><br />I have been eating like there is no tomorrow. I have to get a grip and stop cooking sweet stuff...oh why is life so hard, ha ha!Lillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597193176450931002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23392416.post-75346513936361624562010-05-07T22:24:31.809-06:002010-05-07T22:24:31.809-06:00My personal favourites, if you can say such a thin...My personal favourites, if you can say such a thing about obits, are the ones that run a "then and now" kind of pic, a younger and an older. We all want to think of ourselves perpetually at our best, even while time plays its tricks. The worst cases, imho, are the ones that don't run any obit at all. Surely to goodness, my time spent in the dash (1951-20xx) that all important dash, mattered enough for somebody to write, publish and pay for an obit for me. What? You could spend it paying bingo or getting a mani-pedi? Oh. Okay then. :-) I don't plan to be around to plan yours Rhonda. Just make sure you write it down so your great-grandchildren do what you want. :-)wy-nothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180643150571019948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23392416.post-91081290622890334532010-05-06T22:48:45.188-06:002010-05-06T22:48:45.188-06:00I agree with your conclusion, rather than that of ...I agree with your conclusion, rather than that of the study. They'd rather be remembered when they dressed their best, felt their best, or looked their best - who can blame them?<br /><br />Friends and family seeing pictures of the sick, dying person only makes them feel bad, and makes them realize that they, too, are getting closer to death.<br /><br />Why not suspend reality just once and celebrate the accomplishments, instead of remarking about how bad they look?Kim Lehnhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516002280882854450noreply@blogger.com