Can you relate?

[Miriam C.]

Just wondering if anyone else can relate....Been this way most of my life.....


A LITTLE MIXED UP

Just a line to say I'm living,

That I'm not among the dead;

Though I'm getting more forgetful,

And mixed up in the head.


I've gotten use to my arthritis,

To my dentures I'm resigned;

I can manage my bifocals,

But O'Gosh, How I miss my mind.


For sometimes I can't remember,

When I stand at the foot of the stairs;

If I must go up for something,

Or I've just come down from there.


And before the fridge, so often,

My poor mind is filled with doubt;

Have I just put food away,

Or have I come to take it out.


And there's times when it is dark,

With nightcap on my head;

I don't know If I'm retiring,

Or I'm just getting out of bed.


So, if it's my turn to write you,

There's no need of getting sore;

I may think I have written,

And don't want to be a bore.


So remember, I do love you,

And I wish that your were near;

But now it's time to mail,

So I must say goodbye dear.


There I stood by the mailbox,

With my face so very red;

Instead of mailing you my letter,

I opened it instead.

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^ ^ ^ Your poem is both funny and frightening.


I was just thinking... 25 years ago I was 30.

And 25 years from now, I'll be 80.

[S. Heisley]

Cute poem! Thanks for sharing.

Do your remember the old line:

An apple a day
keeps the doctor away.

Well, it's been changed to:

An apple a day
keeps the doctor away....
Two Apples a day
keeps Alzheimer’s at bay!

This is because recent studies have found that eating 2 apples a day seems to help in the fight against Alzheimer’s.
I still have all my teeth but am now eating applesauce for lunch every day!