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RE: Grandchildren: my, they come and go so quickly!
@carolkean I was not familiar with the song 39, I googled it and sent it to my Granddaughter, she is a huge Queen fan. I still do not know why as we grow older time goes by faster, it does not seem fair.
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers
In the days when lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
The sweetest sight ever seen
And the night followed day
And the story tellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, little darling, we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me
Queen,'39
@carolkean I had never heard this one from Queen so when you mentioned it I googled and sent it to my Granddaughter, she is a huge Queen fan. Thank you for the printed words.
A year seemed like an eternity when I was in grade school. From the falling leaves and Homecoming to Halloween and then Christmas - it felt like forever. Then I was a mother. When the last day of school came in May and summer vacation began, I knew Christmas would be here quicker than a sneeze. I have a jar of marshmallow cream in my cupboard that expired in 1999. I finally disposed of it. Everything has expiration dates that come around so suddenly. You're right, it doesn't seem fair!
For my grandma, though, time didn't seem to fly by. She lived to age 97, but she didn't get out much. "You NEVER come see me," she'd say every time we came to see her (once a month or so). Time wouldn't have dragged for her if she'd found other uses for her retirement years... you are busy, @myjob, and will never have time to bored!
@carolkean my goal is to make it to 100, your Granny came close to it. I have an Aunt who is 94 and still drives, lives by herself does all her own shopping and teaches a Sunday school class, she drives around her neighborhood and picks up the kids who parents don't go to Church so the kids can go. She is awesome.
I love your aunt! I hope to be like her at 94. I don't expect to see 100, but with medical advances, who knows! You seem fit and active and likely to have that gene for longevity. May you live to see many greats-great grandchildren. :)
@carolkean that is my plan.