tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17692328.post7773112638374505298..comments2023-12-10T05:51:24.892-08:00Comments on HumanAntiGravitySuit: May your days be merry and brightDiane Jacobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01356363026969420734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17692328.post-68199108681820435462009-12-15T13:01:23.850-08:002009-12-15T13:01:23.850-08:00Thank you for your juicy comment. Always a pleasur...Thank you for your juicy comment. Always a pleasure when you drop by.Diane Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356363026969420734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17692328.post-45106075121311098952009-12-15T12:32:29.262-08:002009-12-15T12:32:29.262-08:00I also found this post quite fascinating. My pare...I also found this post quite fascinating. My parents lived far away and died young, so I did not experience being around older folks very much. Now Barbara's parents are 87 and 88 and lived in an assisted living facility near us.<br /><br />At first visits there horrified me. The sights, sounds, smells, and the undeniable presence of suffering and eventual death converged to make me feel that it was difficult to even sit through a meal there.<br /><br />Since that time, I have volunteered for some of the activities at the facility. I have come to see the old folks as real people, as individuals, and I can see a bit past their aging and ailments.<br /><br />I feel exactly as you described: amazed that I am not painfully bored, and gratified to find myself welcomed and nurtured by the old folks.<br /><br />The computer divide is a vast one between our age and theirs. I feel blessed to have squeaked into a cohort who at least see the computer and the internet as benefits rather than incomprehensible mumbo jumbo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607288418709850612noreply@blogger.com