Greensage45
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Maybe if folks had more kids at least one of them would turn out as good as you Steve, or you 4grand, or you HiD! But then again, they could all become politicians! LOL 
I guess saying 'communicating' helps, but I don't know much about that myself. Perhaps your father sees all of these as so temporary that it is wasteful to worry about such things as fixing up or repairing. Perhaps it is "out of sight, out of mind".
I think each of us has to face our own old age knowing that some part of what came before us is within us, so seeing our future is like looking at the past.
I know that in my mother's family everyone dies exactly at 65. They are peaceful people for the most part. In my dad's family they all live to be 100, but they are dying for half that time and suck the life-forces out of everyone around them. They are not peaceful people. So given my 50/50 chance of living and dying, being nice and being a witch, I would say that I should last a few more years still!
No children here. So my demise will likely be a lonely battle with myself. This is a comforting thought. I keep reminding myself to put an acorn in my pocket so that one day when I rest in the garden I will become a tree!
Ron

I guess saying 'communicating' helps, but I don't know much about that myself. Perhaps your father sees all of these as so temporary that it is wasteful to worry about such things as fixing up or repairing. Perhaps it is "out of sight, out of mind".
I think each of us has to face our own old age knowing that some part of what came before us is within us, so seeing our future is like looking at the past.
I know that in my mother's family everyone dies exactly at 65. They are peaceful people for the most part. In my dad's family they all live to be 100, but they are dying for half that time and suck the life-forces out of everyone around them. They are not peaceful people. So given my 50/50 chance of living and dying, being nice and being a witch, I would say that I should last a few more years still!
No children here. So my demise will likely be a lonely battle with myself. This is a comforting thought. I keep reminding myself to put an acorn in my pocket so that one day when I rest in the garden I will become a tree!
Ron