Everyone...meet a VERY YOUNG 97 year old man!
I know many of you have elderly parents, grandparents..I want you to see a guy that belies his age. I celebrated his 97th birthday today with him & his daughter Patty , who has been my friend since we were 12~! We were ballet dancers together. (she is single also..never married)Look at his skin, hair, arms (lack of bulging blood vessels). He walks erect (we had him in the chair for the LONG trek to the chapel for Mass), has a sharp clear mind(we talked LaBron James,Indians, golf courses in area & the Browns)..He has a profound hearing loss..so do I! AND I noted his eyes are better than mine. He could see the TV clearly..w/o my classes I could NOT.
He golfed & worked part time at a golf course until he was 89, always did a lot of exercise. Drank a lot of Italian red wine, ate a lot of pasta with LOTS of garlic!
Patty's parents owned a bar/bowling alley. They lived above the family business in Parma (yup, Guillardi & white socks)...when I would visit, it was so much fun. Mr. Ceo would entertain us with the bowling, pinball machines etc. Mrs. Ceo would cook us real hamburgers & we would have coke. I never had soft drinks at home & my mom's idea of hamburgers was like a meat loaf & mushy, which I didn't like at all.
Patty has a brother much older.. she was a late in life child for her parents & has been an outstanding caregiver with them her whole life.
We would sit at the bar, giggling & being silly teenagers & I recall fondly the times with her parents. Her mom died 3 years ago around Christmas
Posting these here at the singles thread as I am to get Patty set up with a computer from a freind of mine after the new years & I want her to get to know folks here as she sees these pix.She has never owned a computer & just uses one in a limited manner at her security job.