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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alice Scandura who wrote (21134)	4/29/1998 4:47:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Alice, I am going through a lot of stuff with an aging parent, myself. It makes me feel really old myself. I always used to read that one's parents dying brings on all sorts of thoughts about mortality, because you are next. I never believed that would bother me, because certainly I don't plan to die anytime soon, but in reality all of that stuff does come up. Birthdays become a little less fun sometimes, and more of milestones to ponder philosophically, the older I get. A birthday and an aging parent on your mind at the same time would be pretty heavy. Is that what's going on for you? If it's your birthday, well then, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!! As far as philosophical perspectives, I am at a point in my life where more is behind me than ahead, and I am trying to really focus on appreciating every day. I often just look up at the sky to enjoy how blue it is, and how the clouds are ethereally white and soft, and drift by. Unfortunately, most of us are leading such busy lives that it is very difficult to focus on the moment. Even harder with aging parents!! The past and the future pull you hard in two different directions. What kind of perspectives did you want, specifically? There are a lot of sensitive and helpful people here who might have something to say.