My Mother

[poliphilo]

 My mother is in her mid eighties and has the enthusiasms of a child. She's so bright and cheerful. She owns all these race horses and it's like she's an eight year old who's just discovered ponies. I can't imagine being so near the end of my life and still so enthralled by the business of living.

She's beautiful.

 

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

She certainly is beautiful!
What a lovely post :-)
x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

She looks much younger than her years. I am writing thsi surrounded by pics of this year's student intake (mostly 16/17 year olds) and none of them look out at the camera so boldly.

Looking at that photo with your icon next to it I can definitely see a family resemblance.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! That´s the way to wind down one´s years: without seeming to.

She certainly is beautiful!

[mummm.livejournal.com]

I think she is absolutely wonderful! I'm going to forget about being upset that I have reached sixty. Obviously SHE is the one with the right idea about life.

You look a bit like her!

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Good for her. Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

She does look younger than her years. And her hair is still its natural colour- a little dustier than it was perhaps but still unmistakeably blonde.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if I'll be able to manage it. I hope so...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It seems so effortless too. She could have dropped out of the race when my father died, but she didn't. She just kept on going.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Her example suggests old age may not be such a bad thing after all.

She's beautiful

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

Yes, she is. This post lifted my spirits.

[shullie.livejournal.com]

she's wonderful... and waht a way to live... to the fullest and to the end....

xxx

Yo Dad

[(Anonymous)]

Hey dad its joe have had no luck with texting ailzs phone , try not to ring anyone till i give you lot the money i owe you, Please can you go through and mail refernce my car tax and text me or leave a voice mail quoting my car tax refernce number so i can get it re taxed on line. It has been non stop work since i finshed holiday will get touch soon love you loads joe

Re: Yo Dad

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Message received loud and clear. We've found the car tax thing and Ailz is dealing with it now. The text should be arriving on your phone any time now.

See you soon.

Love you,

Dad 'n' Ailz

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's right!

Re: She's beautiful

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

She's inspirational.

[sovay]

She's beautiful.

She is. And I can see you in her face.

(It's also just a lovely photograph, especially with the overcast light.)

[amritarosa.livejournal.com]

And that right there is worth so very much.
Beautiful. Hope I'm like that later in life. Heck, I hope to emulate that _now_ :)

Re: Yo Dad

[zoe-1418.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is adorable! When all else fails, LJ your loved ones... ;-)

And your mom is beautiful and inspiring.

[red-girl-42.livejournal.com]

That post and photo made me smile. :-)

The dog is pretty damn cute too.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think you've got to take it one day at a time, trusting that every single day will contain something of value.

Re: Yo Dad

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

He knows I never pick up the phone, but that he can always reach me on LJ.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Sometimes you have to go looking for pictures, sometimes- more rarely- they present themselves. This was one of the latter.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The dog's name is Trudie.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

I wish I could be like her.

[kaysho.livejournal.com]

She is beautiful ... sometimes I think the secret to aging well is simply to determine that you're going to live as though you would never die. Then you never find yourself in the trap of thinking that it's "too late" to enjoy yourself.

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

She's beautiful and full of life. Thank you for posting this wonderful image.

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

Awww! <3

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It feels like it was given to me. I turned round and there she was.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

She is beautiful, Tony.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes. And more beautiful now than she's ever been.