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To: SeekAndFind

My 90 year old mother rents, and has for 30 years. She lives in a 100 year old farmhouse on a 300 acre farm on the Chesapeake Bay. The property is owned by a family that has been friends with ours since 1929. They get a stable tenant who pays a year in advance, and she doesn’t have to worry about keeping things up. She’s still sharp, drives (but only during the day) it’s in her hometown, she has family there, and is active at church, and quilting.

She has deer and turkeys in her yard, and bald eagles across the cove.

It’s a pretty unique circumstance, but if anyone deserves it, it’s her.

I call her everyday for the last 12 years.


5 posted on 09/05/2025 8:10:29 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

What a wonderful later-life story! Every parent should be so blessed.


9 posted on 09/05/2025 8:43:47 PM PDT by 3ZZZ
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To: Tijeras_Slim

your mom has an awesome set up
but as you say - she probably deserves it


28 posted on 09/06/2025 5:07:07 AM PDT by SisterK (to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Sounds like a perfect life!!


35 posted on 09/06/2025 5:38:15 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I like that “year in advance”. A relief for both, indicative of the long-term understanding.


46 posted on 09/06/2025 6:54:41 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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