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Well, that was fun. It's not a good thing to spend all your time playing inside on the computer. lol...
The school expense numbers are to huge compared to when I went. My dad was a commercial fisherman. Money was in the bank for the whole year in Sept. so I was given $800 each year for 4 years without expecting anything more. 1st year rent was $14/mo. fees about the same, books maybe 25$. I lived in dumps, old houses converted to college housing in the neighborhood but so did everyone else and we came out ready to go to work (still cheap) but not in debt. And the thing about starving in the midst of plenty, April, the older didn't have time to shop, had canned goods but no canopener. "mommy!"Cambridge doesn't seem to have many places to buy that kind of thing either.
it's really nice that you are close with your mother. No, my grandkids are both on the east coast and i'm in Calif. I was pleasantly surprised that the younger one sent mailing address, followed by a pretty good email. She's had flu already but is better and enjoying her second year at Georgetown. Her sister is in a grad program in (?) school of public health at Harvard. We're tremendously proud but boy, are they ever going to have good careers in order to pay those loans by the time they're 50 or so.
I infer that you mother is nearby and a part of daily life. My nearest daughter lives about 2 hours away and the others are out of state. The oldest will be here til Sunday. Her girls are in college, one only about 20 miles away but the other is out of state and I think she's lonely. She still has a lot of friends here so i think hopes to move back later.
I might have already said that I didn't know 50 or so years ago that a woman could/should be independent and make the most of her own talents and then if love comes that's gravy. I have 2 cats, 13 years old. Had a golden retriever for about 13 years (overlapped time) I grew up afraid of dogs so it was an interesting experience.. She's been gone about 11 years, still missed but I'm not up for training a new pup. My husband is in failing health and I have some issues of my own so it's a matter of just trying to keep it all together for as long as we can. Some days I wish for a mother to care for all of us.
Only one of my 3 daughters married and she's divorced now after about 20 years. He's remarried to a younger woman and the kids are not happy with him at all. The single ones each have a cat and friends and seem ok with it. I remember when I was small that a girl was expected to marry and have family possible to the exclusion of all else. I encouraged mine to be whatever they could be and don't worry about bringing me grandkids.
Thx. I was pretty surprised when we made it past 20. My parents were married about 65 years. Bickered all the time but at some point I realized that was the way they played. My brother is on about 59 right now and the younger one about a month behind us.several of my inlaws are keeping it together too. one thing is that you have to live long enough.
