Tips for Senior Independent Living

Are you afraid of falling in your home? Take a walk around your house just like you did before your child started crawling. Remember that? Grab a notebook or a clipboard and become the inspector. Walk from room to room and take note of things that might cause your or your loved one to fall. In the living room, look especially at small rugs and clutter. Remove any unnecessary knick-knacks. Keep the ones that mean the most to you and give away or pack up the rest. You want to be able to enjoy...

The Top Ten Signs You Are Too Old for Halloween 10. You get winded from knocking on the doors. 9. You have to have somebody chew the candy for you. 8. When somebody drops candy into your bag, you lose your balance and fall over. 7. You ask for high fiber candy only. 6. You keep having to go home to pee. 5. You forget which houses you’ve been to and go back to the same ones over and over. 4. People say, “Great Keith Richards mask!” and you aren’t wearing a mask. 3. You’re the only ghost in...

Safety Grip Handle As we age, we are not quite as flexible as we used to be. Have you noticed that? As we age, we need to get serious about making our homes safer. We are much too busy to spend time healing from a broken leg or bad bruises. And bathroom accidents are far too common. Take a few minutes to be safe. You will be glad you did.

As we continue our discussion of sympathy cards, what to say, where to find the words, I immediately thought of our dear friend, Mary McManus. Mary is one of our very special friends at Moon Moo and You – The Collective Wisdom. Mary’s sweet and gentle spirit, firm determination and motivation, and positive attitude are always such a joy! I asked Mary to tell us more about her very personal sympathy cards. I do hope you will visit Mary’s site and review more of her beautiful and heartfelt...

I would order one like that in a minute, wouldn’t you? I don’t need a phone that sings and dances. I just want to be able to communicate with my family and friends when I am not at home. Well, maybe sometimes order dinner, too! Ideally, my cell phone would 1. Hold a charge for a week!! I get tired of putting that phone to bed to rest and recharge. 2. Have Labeled buttons. I don’t want to scroll through a menu. 3. Have a ringer loud enough to hear. 4. Have a volume button I could push way way...

Yesterday was magical! Our granddaughter was visiting with us. I excitedly showed her the beginnings of an afghan I am crocheting for her. Surprisingly, she recognized it immediately. “I did not know you could crochet, Joan-Joan.” She is an artistic child, and I really just wanted her to approve of the colors I had chosen. I had no idea she even knew what “crocheting” meant. Within the next few minutes, I pulled out the plastic canvas and yarn I had bought for her a few years ago. (I tend to...

THE SITUATION In Washington, DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule. About 4 minutes later: The violinist received his...

Our family reunion involves members of all ages — from our little ones to senior citizens. This year I was especially interested in watching the seniors even older than I am! I noticed that they jumped in to all activities – whether we were dancing or singing or playing bingo or marching down the street in our little parade. Whatever we were doing, our senior seniors and our little children led the way. We have cousins in their 70’s and 80’s, as well as two family members who are legally...

After the family reunion, daughter Kathy escorted Kate and I to Seabrook Island. What a beautiful place! Of course, Kate was immediately enthralled by all the wildlife there, and insisted on sleeping on the porch – she said it was like sleeping in the middle of a jungle – all the wild animal sounds throughout the night. We really did have a nice guestroom for her! We settled in on the porch for the entire visit. It was funny that Kate loved that porch as much as I do. The grandchildren call...

The Tate Family Reunion 2010 officially began for Kate and I with lunch at 1826 on the Green. Kate and I arrived in Pendleton, ran by Nancy’s houseand then met sister Betty at 1826 right in the heart of Pendleton. Sister Nancy aka Ohme writes on Squidoo and Crabbys Beach with us and sister Betty joins us for Moon Moo and You every week. We had a grand time visiting, chatting, and getting to know the “real life” Kate! Note: Nancy took the photo of us at 1826 – I thought she was in the...

The Tate Family Reunion 2010 was such fun – and what a delight to have Kate Loving Shenk join us for all our celebration! Kate so easily fell into the routine and just rolled with whatever was going on — and believe me, at our reunion, that is quite a feat! I cannot imagine being a stranger at such an occasion, but Kate quickly became an “UnTate” and participated in all activities with gusto and charm! This photo shows Kate doing a “History Honker”! History honkers were tidbits of family...

A special thank you to Bev Owens for sharing her Grandma Gladys with us today. I am learning so much about grandparenting just reading your wonderful stories and I thank you, Bev, for this one! Grandma Gladys made you feel special all by yourself. I think that is an important key — that we make each grandchild feel they are the most special child ever! The memories that I have of my maternal Grandmother are some of the sweetest that I hold in my heart. The adults in her life called her Gladys...

Thank you, Kimberly Horton, for providing our guest post today. As grandparents, we often wonder how our grandchildren will remember us when we are gone. Are we really making the impact on them that we would like? Kimberly’s story of her grandmother is told with such love and admiration for her grandmother, Julia. Kimberly’s story reminds us that the things our children and grandchildren will remember about us are the simple daily things we do — the way we live our lives. Let us all be the...

I have not written yet about the Masters ending last Sunday. I really did not have any words. It was emotional; it was wonderful; it was exciting. It was like watching a fairy tale. Phil Mickelson, everybody’s good guy, one of the most polite, fine, gentlemen on the tour, won that victory with his usual style and class. What a hero! I wept as he wept. Our house was silent for the first time all afternoon — as we joined with him hugging his beautiful wife weeping tears of joy. His precious wife Amy was there in his arms. And the tears rolled. I think viewers all over the

“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours” — Swedish Proverb Tags: quote Related posts No related posts.