tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post310724422608312811..comments2024-03-28T18:11:40.841-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Time: It's All RelativeTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-73206527139145884252017-03-17T13:28:36.104-04:002017-03-17T13:28:36.104-04:00I'm with your daughter. Even if the milk goes ...I'm with your daughter. Even if the milk goes a bit South, it's still good for baking.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-63701178067041791382017-03-09T17:30:02.201-05:002017-03-09T17:30:02.201-05:00I laughed out loud at your paragraph about the &qu...I laughed out loud at your paragraph about the "brand new" golf shirt. My husband is the same way! It really is hard to conceive how fast time is passing. I am pretty positive 2005 was just last year!Savoring Sixtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12287348170588612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-77584088385074636442017-03-07T23:51:52.913-05:002017-03-07T23:51:52.913-05:00The experience that always shocks me is when I go ...The experience that always shocks me is when I go to an appointment with a physician and he or she looks to be about 14. <br /><br />JudeDr Sock https://www.blogger.com/profile/13378594360241846301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-27070956299305245172017-03-07T18:16:30.350-05:002017-03-07T18:16:30.350-05:00Sally, thanks for the heads up. I've received ...Sally, thanks for the heads up. I've received a few notes from others as well. Apparently I have been hacked in some way. I have NOT sent out a bunch of friend requests, so if you get one, pls. ignore. (But I am on facebook, so you're welcome to check me out separately.)Tom at Sightingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118442557208675758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-82005031750857448482017-03-07T16:48:22.018-05:002017-03-07T16:48:22.018-05:00I can relate! I am the very same way. One time a...I can relate! I am the very same way. One time a granddaughter told me I had been wearing a swimsuit cover forever. I thought about it and realized I had been wearing it since before she was born! In fact, many things in my wardrobe are as old as my grandchildren. They are teens, but I think of them as my babies. Oh, and my hubby and I are really just newlyweds. I know we will celebrate our 25th this year, but I don't know how that is possible.<br />Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-47785204321791515072017-03-07T16:44:19.905-05:002017-03-07T16:44:19.905-05:00Tom, I just got a message from you on Facebook whi...Tom, I just got a message from you on Facebook which seems like it is a scam. Did you recently send me a friend request on FB? Thanks. Sally<br />Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-45203159750783799992017-03-07T11:04:19.883-05:002017-03-07T11:04:19.883-05:00I was surprised to see that your son attended Buck...I was surprised to see that your son attended Bucknell. Was Brad Tufts part of your tournament? He used to be the golf coach and my boss in the Public Relations Department at Bucknell. I also worked in the Admissions Office on Saturdays.<br /><br />I will become a first time grandmother in August. During Trump's first ban, I was upset that my daughter took a sudden trip to Montana from Charlotte to visit her father when the demonstrators could do unpredictable things. Then I remembered she is 31 years old and can make her own decisions.plynjynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-6174033078487629532017-03-07T10:24:05.042-05:002017-03-07T10:24:05.042-05:00I'm reminded of a time ~15 yrs ago. I was with...I'm reminded of a time ~15 yrs ago. I was with my dad, cleaning the cemetery. He was looking at his father's grave, shaking his head. He said that when his dad died, he thought he was an old man. He was you kids' age (45ish). We will always be the kids and they will always be the parents. And now I have grandchildren of my own. One day I told my granddaughters that I was a young girl once. The youngest laughed and said - And now you're just Brama Nona. Mona McGinnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12234038212082778117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-74322224083586475652017-03-07T09:45:34.400-05:002017-03-07T09:45:34.400-05:00We often refer to "the kids" when discus...We often refer to "the kids" when discussing our son and his fiancee. Lee is 56 and Karen is 51. I think we do fairly well treating them as adults, but the perception of a little boy and girl lingers in our minds.Gabbygeezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-928287670338494522017-03-06T19:24:16.835-05:002017-03-06T19:24:16.835-05:00What a funny post about adult children...quite in ...What a funny post about adult children...quite in contrast to the post at one of your other "Adult voices - Thrifty at Sixty"....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-55071760548623123972017-03-06T15:39:58.152-05:002017-03-06T15:39:58.152-05:00Time used to flow like a river, all orderly and in...Time used to flow like a river, all orderly and in the same direction. Now it is just like another drop in a bucket. It all blends together in one nebulous mess. Today is only yesterday's tomorrow.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-51008755982655932402017-03-05T14:34:39.844-05:002017-03-05T14:34:39.844-05:00Oh, boy, I was just giving myself a stern lecture ...Oh, boy, I was just giving myself a stern lecture about it being time to admit my kids are adults earlier today.<br />This post struck a chord.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-44906920438894820542017-03-05T12:29:49.634-05:002017-03-05T12:29:49.634-05:00I totally get it! I'm traveling to Greece late...I totally get it! I'm traveling to Greece later this month with my 37-year-old son James. I will have to keep my mouth shut many times!<br /><br />I have memories of my kids when they were very little, and of course they don't. Just by opening my mouth about those times I can give them brand new memories!<br /><br />Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-27913740860887992812017-03-05T12:19:17.896-05:002017-03-05T12:19:17.896-05:00Our only will be 40 in early November I can rememb...Our only will be 40 in early November I can remember her 3rd birthday distinctly. She was the baby in the neighborhood now she will turn 40 well ahead of her childhood friends due to the fact she could not go to school until she was almost 6 a law I think that has changed, but she zoomed into classes and got promoted and ended up with a different set of childhood friends those who are 40 already and will turn 40 this year only she graduated in 1996 from high school and those kids graduated in 1994 and 1995..life is a total crap shoot, people she thought cool in high school well they were only cool in junior high and high school they are not cool anymore and the square kids who were just like here are spectacular I told her if you peak in high school that is the only peak you will ever climb and that is true, time whizzes by indeed! My mother in law passed in December right before Christmas in 2000 and our only graduated the day before we will always remember no Hanukkah and or Christmas celebrations and we had to defer her graduation party until feb of 2001, but we did and she was happy as a clam..ciao!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-35623798146459623552017-03-05T11:32:43.019-05:002017-03-05T11:32:43.019-05:00Funny, I couldn't wait for my kids to grow-up....Funny, I couldn't wait for my kids to grow-up. I really enjoyed their teen years and now our oldest grandson is 15! How in the world did that happen? I wish I'd been blogging back when my kids were teens, I'm sure they probably wouldn't speak to me now if I had, though. ;)<br />Great post!<br />bBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788606865404200811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-5300961666902345672017-03-05T09:57:36.322-05:002017-03-05T09:57:36.322-05:00I loved my children's developmental stages! Wh...I loved my children's developmental stages! When I look back (many, many years), those were the best times of my life. I was filled with wonder about how they changed into the amazing people they now are. But there is a sadness to this too. Can't roll back the clock—I know that. But I'm trying hard to maintain some of the memories. Writing helps, so I try to record some of those experiences in my work.Still the Lucky Fewhttp://www.stilltheluckyfew.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-60809688768790840332017-03-05T08:21:03.990-05:002017-03-05T08:21:03.990-05:00I too am in a similar time warp. My oldest is alm...I too am in a similar time warp. My oldest is almost 33, and I swear he just graduated from college. My middle son is approaching 28, and I think he must be in high school, while the "baby" is almost 25! Wasn't he just in that high school band performance? But while their lives have moved forward, I seem to be living a "ground hog day" type of existence . There is some comfort in my daily routine, albeit I seem to be missing the 3 important cogs that kept my life moving. I so relate to this post! Thank you Tom! SherriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-27757106342311386002017-03-05T07:33:51.877-05:002017-03-05T07:33:51.877-05:00Oh boy, we haven't even gotten to the grandchi...Oh boy, we haven't even gotten to the grandchild stage yet, altho' it's soon to be upon us. That's got to be a whole other kind of time warp. As for who's in charge, it seems to me that when we were in charge we were hardly aware of it; we just did it. And now, I'm beginning to realize, it's someone else's turn.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-60831585255920417202017-03-04T21:38:29.905-05:002017-03-04T21:38:29.905-05:00Great post. I can so relate.
Something happened at...Great post. I can so relate.<br />Something happened at Church the other day. I asked, "Where is an elder?" The person looked at me! Oh yes, I am supposed to be the elder, the pillar? Why would I ever want that type of title? I like being the young adult trying to change those people! As much as I think of my kids as young twenties, I think of myself as young thirties! (My mom has finally conceded that she is celebrating her 27th anniversary of her 60th birthday!)Janettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10054888725603183006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-49791891748065797722017-03-04T20:00:52.252-05:002017-03-04T20:00:52.252-05:00Time is incredibly relative. This makes total sens...Time is incredibly relative. This makes total sense to me.<br />PS - I too would have thrown the milk away!retirementreflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256842249783275416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-30271666454641676532017-03-04T18:36:53.223-05:002017-03-04T18:36:53.223-05:00Oh dear. We are "take charge" kind of pe...Oh dear. We are "take charge" kind of people living in a world where we reminded time and again to remember "who is in charge!" I always think "What? You mean I'm not in charge?" :)<br /><br />Who knew?b+ (Retire In Style Blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-22062565885490401812017-03-04T17:57:31.056-05:002017-03-04T17:57:31.056-05:00They seem to be able to take care of themselves bu...They seem to be able to take care of themselves but I am not sure they are old enough to raise my grandson. MaryAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12720942306084208839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-60593584522566216732017-03-04T17:04:17.035-05:002017-03-04T17:04:17.035-05:00Ha! Love that last line. Great post all parents of...Ha! Love that last line. Great post all parents of adult children can relate to.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-51326952554632443232017-03-04T15:26:57.950-05:002017-03-04T15:26:57.950-05:00This is a fun post; I have some of the same reacti...This is a fun post; I have some of the same reactions and thoughts.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-8737168547409678582017-03-04T14:29:46.785-05:002017-03-04T14:29:46.785-05:00You said it all in this post. I cannot believe how...You said it all in this post. I cannot believe how quickly the years and decades fly past these days. Y2K was... a while ago, it seems, but to me I remember the event like yesterday. Seventeen years ago? How can that be? :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.com