I'm 77 now, born the first year of the boomer lot, with lots of ol physical issues that limit my mobility. One of my loves in life is dancing. I can no longer dance in the usual way but sitting and moving to the music is still an option. Once in a while, I do a rumba with my walker. I've also been to many wonderful concerts over many years, but I've never gotten to enjoy your exciting experiences with them, though.
I have lots of young friends. I've gotten to be close with a 21 year old guy who is one of the life guards at the pool where I go swim. We talk music constantly. I turned him into a huge Jackson Browne fan as well as Harry Chapin and more. He buying all kinds of his Jackson Browne's albums.. I loan him so many unusual pieces of music to check out. Because he got his dad's record player, I brought him my beautiful, minty LP set of "The Musicial, Time." It's a Dave Clark production with Freddy Mercury and Sir Lawrence Olivier plus a huge list of famous artists. It's a rock opera with an unusual theme.
So, completely opposite, (my friend loves Reggae like I do) I brought him the old '70 something movie called "The Harder They Come" with Jimmy Cliff which is really terrible but the CD is great! I brought him that, too. He's turned me on to Jack Johnson, who I really like. There is no problem with our age difference, we really enjoy music together. He plays lots of the music I like while I'm at the pool.
Two other young, 18 to 20 yo lifeguards are similar in conversations. One talks surfing with me because I used to surf (badly) when I was a teen. The other one just fun topics in general.
I've gotten really close with the director of he pool. She's my son's age, around forty. We also have a music connection starting with Brandi Carlile.
So, let's not forget the good old boomers I'm friends with. One has an extra mobility scooter and we go all over Santa Barbara with our dogs in tow. It quite a sight and we have fun with everyone we meet along the way. Growing old sucks and " isn't for sissies" as they say. But, it beats the alternative unless you are in so much pain you can't function even with help snd you don't have your mental facilities.
I'm also a teenager at heart, and hope you always stay that way. Stay interested in life. I know you will. Keep learning new things and know that who you are, is who you are inside, not what you see in the mirror. You'll be a great crone! 😃♥️ Filled with wisdom and joy!
There are still so many adventures to be had! Chris made me an instant grandmother in my mid-50s, and I am loving that!! (2 more on the way, btw... life finds a way!) I’ve driven from Maine to CA, CA to Maine and then back again in the last 3 years, a different route each time. GLORIOUS!
We’ll do our best to go out the way we’ve lived: taking chances, enjoying what we can and abiding while the worst visits, because nothing stays the same.
Please do me a favor? Remind me of all this if things get harder again (because of course they will) later.
As someone who saw The Beatles and Woodstock live, I understand that Massive Disconnect between “then” and “now.” The vast stretches of unsupervised, non-digital childhood of that time and the character-building freedom and unfettered creativity are unthinkable today.
My pet project in adulting is what I call “harnessing the hidden engine of continuous renewal.” And what is that? It’s finding the hidden passage through all the things you face with age. Whether the crises are medical, financial, marital or spiritual, the walls of despair are energetic - not solid.
Thanks Therra for sharing your journey. I like that so many people “have your back” watching you get out on a limb to see how far out you can go.
I'm 77 now, born the first year of the boomer lot, with lots of ol physical issues that limit my mobility. One of my loves in life is dancing. I can no longer dance in the usual way but sitting and moving to the music is still an option. Once in a while, I do a rumba with my walker. I've also been to many wonderful concerts over many years, but I've never gotten to enjoy your exciting experiences with them, though.
I have lots of young friends. I've gotten to be close with a 21 year old guy who is one of the life guards at the pool where I go swim. We talk music constantly. I turned him into a huge Jackson Browne fan as well as Harry Chapin and more. He buying all kinds of his Jackson Browne's albums.. I loan him so many unusual pieces of music to check out. Because he got his dad's record player, I brought him my beautiful, minty LP set of "The Musicial, Time." It's a Dave Clark production with Freddy Mercury and Sir Lawrence Olivier plus a huge list of famous artists. It's a rock opera with an unusual theme.
So, completely opposite, (my friend loves Reggae like I do) I brought him the old '70 something movie called "The Harder They Come" with Jimmy Cliff which is really terrible but the CD is great! I brought him that, too. He's turned me on to Jack Johnson, who I really like. There is no problem with our age difference, we really enjoy music together. He plays lots of the music I like while I'm at the pool.
Two other young, 18 to 20 yo lifeguards are similar in conversations. One talks surfing with me because I used to surf (badly) when I was a teen. The other one just fun topics in general.
I've gotten really close with the director of he pool. She's my son's age, around forty. We also have a music connection starting with Brandi Carlile.
So, let's not forget the good old boomers I'm friends with. One has an extra mobility scooter and we go all over Santa Barbara with our dogs in tow. It quite a sight and we have fun with everyone we meet along the way. Growing old sucks and " isn't for sissies" as they say. But, it beats the alternative unless you are in so much pain you can't function even with help snd you don't have your mental facilities.
I'm also a teenager at heart, and hope you always stay that way. Stay interested in life. I know you will. Keep learning new things and know that who you are, is who you are inside, not what you see in the mirror. You'll be a great crone! 😃♥️ Filled with wisdom and joy!
There are still so many adventures to be had! Chris made me an instant grandmother in my mid-50s, and I am loving that!! (2 more on the way, btw... life finds a way!) I’ve driven from Maine to CA, CA to Maine and then back again in the last 3 years, a different route each time. GLORIOUS!
We’ll do our best to go out the way we’ve lived: taking chances, enjoying what we can and abiding while the worst visits, because nothing stays the same.
Please do me a favor? Remind me of all this if things get harder again (because of course they will) later.
No one gets out alive...a simple but complicated truth.
Therra, I'm almost 67 and I feel about 16. I've started a new life, so I'm flying by the considerable seat of my britches on several levels.
As someone who saw The Beatles and Woodstock live, I understand that Massive Disconnect between “then” and “now.” The vast stretches of unsupervised, non-digital childhood of that time and the character-building freedom and unfettered creativity are unthinkable today.
My pet project in adulting is what I call “harnessing the hidden engine of continuous renewal.” And what is that? It’s finding the hidden passage through all the things you face with age. Whether the crises are medical, financial, marital or spiritual, the walls of despair are energetic - not solid.
Thanks Therra for sharing your journey. I like that so many people “have your back” watching you get out on a limb to see how far out you can go.