Growing old sucks!!!

It is amazing the things we take for granted and as you get older they change..

Some of you have heard us talk about friends of our's Betty and Elwood they have been a large part of our lives in Smithville they watched both of our girls as they were growing up and we have spent a lot of time with them socially as well. Elwood and I have fished together used to have regular Tuesday nights at the Legion shooting pool they have been to our girls birthdays and graduations ..have vacationed together at there daughters cottage in Quebec i could go on and on but I am sure you get the picture.

Well over the last couple of years his eyesight has been failing he tried to hide it for a while but finally realized thet he was putting his and Betty's safety and others on the road in jeopardy so he willingly parked his car but kept insurance on it for when he could drive it again. Over the last year and a half give or take he has submitted to injections in his eyes hoping it would improve his sight but to no avail......He called me .... actually his wife called Jeannine at work and asked if I could call Elwood as he wanted to talk to me. When I called him he told me he finally has come to realize that his sight was no better and asked if I could help him sell his car. Well tonight I took someone out to their place and he bought the car from him. After I left I was thinking how hard a decision it would be for me to give up driving which is something we all take for granted.. need to go to the store get in the car,need to go say hi to someone get in the car. Here is a person that drove truck as a living now they have to depend on Bus's,taxi's and freinds to do things they took for granted. I respect him for making the right decision but still think it was the only thing he could do.

We always have tried to take them places when we can and will continue to do so but I am sure that tonight will be hard for him because of a decision that growing old has forced him to make.,..