Amen to having friends of all ages.

My friend Millie passed away two years ago at the age of 86. The lady across the street (who invited all the neighbors into her home every single day of her life for coffee on fine china cups, and she baked her famous S cookies), (we did this for 10 years), well she died at age 96. The lady who owns the house on the corner of my block (and who continues to do her own shopping), and she sits outside with us sometimes on a warm summer night), well she turns either 99 or 100 this year, (we can't be sure). She was married in 1915.

And my friend around the corner who is 75 once told me "all my friends are dead, I never thought I would have another friend". So what did I do for her birthday in August? I took a photo that her grandaughter took of the both of us and her little dog, I put that photo in a lovely frame, and when they gave her a party in her backyard, I presented her with that picture frame.

That gift meant more to her than what everybody else gave her. It told her "people can make friends at ANY age".

Most of my friends are older than I am.

I hope I can continue to make new acquaintances and new friends as I grow up. I'm still growing and learning new stuff every day.

I'm the person, who when they get on a bus and sits down next to someone, well, we'll start to have a conversation for a half hour. Alan looks at me with amazement. He says "how do you do that?"

Yesterday we traveled on various buses along our shopping expedition. We got on one bus for about 10 minutes. About 6 stops to the bus stop near our home. By the time I got off, the person in front of me had offered to let me put all my packages on top of her lap, the lady next to her started talking about school kids on buses and about how noisy they are, and in 2 minutes we were talking like we knew each other for years.

Alan was sitting across from us and just looking. He is starting to do this (to be more sociable). It's a learned trait. To him it never came natural.

I once told him "you can't be married to be and not learn to be sociable"

Now I can't take him anywhere. He talks to everybody. lol

Melody