Northeast Gardening: How do you feel about getting older???, 1 by agedgardener

agedgardener wrote:
I.m 78 and happy. My health is good except for some periodic vertigo. My children are grown and sucessful and the 4 gradchildren have made me proud. I've been a widow since 1966 and have raised three children alone. I could have remarried but when anyone tried to correct my children romance went out the window. Several girls who were widowed at that time and remarried have told me that I was the smart one.... they ended up in unhappy mariages and for financial reason stayed in them. I had my problems but I got thru them. I am able to look after myself and with the genes I have inherited I plan on living to be 90. My father lived to be 94 and had all his marbles. Mothe lived to be 88but was confined to a wheelchair for a good many years but had her clear mind. Thats my story.