To those of you who still have a live mother, treat her very well today.?ÿ You never know for sure which Mother's Day will be her last.
Twenty-five years ago was the last with my mother.?ÿ It has been 53 years and 58 years since a grandmother was around for recognition on this day.?ÿ All great-grandmothers were gone long before my birth.
A former co-worker shared an embarrassing story from attending church on one Mother's Day.?ÿ They wanted to recognize the youngest mother, grandmother, etc. in attendance that day.?ÿ The "winners" were his daughter, his wife, his mother-in-law and his grandmother-in-law.?ÿ They all were 16,17 or 18 when they gave birth.
The definition of being an orphan refers to both birth parents being deceased.
I was 43 at the time.?ÿ Natural causes.
Tried to convince a bachelor farmer in my community who was 20 years older than me that he could adopt me, since I was an orphan.?ÿ His baby brother, who is also a bachelor at 75, inherited everything and has no use for it.?ÿ
Happy Mother's Day!?ÿ
I'm moving back home to Ohio for my mom. She turns 80 in October and has been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's. Her husband has his own ailments even though he's younger so my partner and I decided we should move there. Hopefully, I'll get permission from work to go remote. In a pinch, there is a local office I could work out of but it's for tech marketers/sales (I'm in software dev).?ÿ
Someone asked if I thought it was going to be a permanent move. I have 11.5 years to go for full retirement age and my mom's dad lived to be 96 (with Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia) so yeah, I expect this to be permanent, or at least until my kids settle somewhere else and I'm still alive.
My partner always said he'd never live somewhere with snow so this is a big change for him. I'm predicting either an almost snowless winter or the worst one in 20 years!?ÿ
Get long term care insurance as soon as?ÿ you can afford it.?ÿ It gets more expensive.?ÿ I hope the Alzheimer's family history doesn't impact you (or the insurance).
@bill93 Yes, I need to look into it. My dad was okay but his mother had dementia (starting late 80s/early 90s) so I've got history on both sides.
@brad-ott welcome *back* you mean! Quite happy to be doing it beyond all the logistics and buying in the current insane real estate market.
Go Bucks!
My mother is still with us but is in declining health.?ÿ Both of my grandmothers passed around 30 years ago with both of my grandfathers passing shortly before them.?ÿ I've never met any of the great grandparents or even seen pictures of them.
My family is spread apart in geography but I did have a great conversation with my mother this morning, followed by a second pretty emotional call an hour later when the flowers I sent her arrived.?ÿ I'm the youngest of three and have always been close with my mother, although, I'll admit, in my teen years I was her worse nightmare!?ÿ LOL!
The definition of being an orphan refers to both birth parents being deceased.
I was 43 at the time.?ÿ Natural causes.
Tried to convince a bachelor farmer in my community who was 20 years older than me that he could adopt me, since I was an orphan.?ÿ His baby brother, who is also a bachelor at 75, inherited everything and has no use for it.?ÿ
I am also an Orphan. Been 7 years since I spent my last Mothers Day with my mommy.
Will be 5 years since I spent Fathers Day with my daddy.
Weird feeling... It's a little easier now, than those "firsts" were back then, but...
I still miss my parents something awful, every single day. ??§
I hope they are proud of me. ????
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