Senior Moments

[linda_joyce]

Some of you with long memories may remeber the following poem as something I posted way back in 2003. One of my youner friends has just addmited to her first senior moment so I thought I would post it again for you all to compare how far down the line you are. So just for you Inyadreams.

SOUNDS FAMILIAR

Just a line to say I'm living
That I'm not among the dead
Though I'm getting more forgetful
And mixed up in the head
I've got used to my arthritis
To my dentures I'm resigned
I can cope with my bi-focals
But - ye Gods - I miss my mind
Sometimes I can't remember
When I'm standing by the stair,
If I should be going up for something
Or have I just come down from there
And before the fridge so often
My mind is full of doubt
Now did I put some food away
Or come to take some out?
So remember I do love you
And wish that you lived near
And now it's time to post this
And say goodbye my dear.
At last I stand beside the post box
And my face -it sure is red.....
Instead of posting this to you
I've opened it instead

Comments

[inyadreems.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Copied for posterity. (My *first* senior moment? OK, the first I've admitted to.)

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

I admit it, I have been known to phone between prep rooms to find out what I came for.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

When I was working in the Ref I always wrote down what I wanted if I was going into the stack because I would sometimes forget between floors.