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Posted on 04/02/2008 6:05:12 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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I am still too young. LOL
LOL! Me too! Just a babe in arms. ROTFLMAO!
—DEAD OR ALIVE?
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a
visit from the “Grim Reaper”:
- Darren McGavin: Starred in the TV series “Kolchak: The
Night Stalker”, played the father in the excellent
Christmas movie “A Christmas Story”
- Melinda Dillon: Co-starred in the movies “Close Encounters
of the Third Kind”, “Absence of Malice”, and “Harry and the
Hendersons”, played the mom in the movie “A Christmas Story”
- Peter Billingsley: Best known for his role as Ralphie in
“A Christmas Story” also played Messy Marvin in TV commercials.
Old Age, I decided, is agift.
I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometimes despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror, but I don’t agonize over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I’ve aged, I’ve become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I’ve become my own friend.
I don’t chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn’t need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70’s, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set .
They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody’s beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don’t question myself anymore. I’ve even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)
MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!
MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER!
FRIENDS FOREVER!
Is Melinda Dillon dead?
Darren McGavin is dead. I do not know about the others
Very, very nice and to the point.
re: 1,104
Hey man! Long time no see!!
How u b Tom???
Hey, good luck with the Cubbies! Looks like the White Sox are doin’ okay too!
My Bulls crapped out. But, maybe next year???
Hey, and I love Richard Wagner!
Thanks for the ping hon!
Take it easy! :D
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Morning ,Tude. Guess I’ll have to go feed myself!
—Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE
Darren McGavin - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 05/07/1922 Died: 02/25/2006
Melinda Dillon - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 10/13/1939
Peter Billingsley - ALIVE
Born: 4/16/1971
WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
4/16
- Edward Lorenz, 90, American professor of meteorology, cancer.
4/15
- David Cass, 71, American economist.
- Sean Costello, 28, American blues guitarist and singer.
- Hazel Court, 82, British actress (The Masque of the Red Death,
The Raven), heart attack.
- Clifford Davies, 59, American musician, former drummer for Ted
Nugent, apparent suicide by gunshot.
- Miguel Galván, 50, Mexican comedian and TV star, respiratory arrest.
4/14
- Madeline Lee Gilford, 84, American actress and theatrical
producer, wife of Jack Gilford.
- Tommy Holmes, 91, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
- Jamacia Jackson, 26, American football linebacker (Hamilton
Tiger-Cats, Berlin Thunder), cardiac arrhythmia.
- Ollie Johnston, 95, American animator, the last of Walt
Disney’s “Nine Old Men”.
4/13
- Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, 51, American kidnapper.
- Mark Speight, 42, British TV presenter, body found on this date
after suicide by hanging.
- John Archibald Wheeler, 96, American physicist who coined the term
“black hole”, pneumonia.
4/12
- Cecilia Colledge, 87, British figure skater and 1936 Olympic
silver medallist.
- Barbara McDermott, 95, American survivor of the Lusitania sinking.
- Buzz Nutter, 77, American football player (Colts, Steelers), heart
failure.
4/11
- Willoughby Goddard, 81, British actor.
- Robert Hartmann, 91, American speechwriter for President Gerald
Ford, cardiac arrest.
- Jack Lemmon, 80, American journalist and editor for Washington Post,
cardiac arrest.
- Bob Pellegrini, 73, American football linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles).
4/10
- Andy Knight, 46, Canadian animator and director, stroke. [52]
My goodness, Meg this side garden goes well on North end of the porch! Beautiful, thank you.
Very nice picture of Texas wild flowers. We have scenes similar to this, except ours are dandelions! LOL
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