[SheilaKathy]

The Senior Center

This is the place that should be like your local Senior Center. You can kick back and talk about the joys of having grandkids, how your arthritis is driving you crazy, what surgeries you have had or will be having, how your daughter-in-law or son-in-law is driving you crazy, things you did when you were young, especially those fun things you did as a kid, and what "the good old days" were really like.

We can discuss issues that affect Senior Citizens especially, like that nutritional advice your Dr. gave you now that you are Diabetic (that you just can't swallow!) as well as the usual ills that affect us as we get older.

Maybe you want to talk about the weather, and how it affects your joints. We can discuss all those things here that the younger generations don't want to hear about! LOL...

[88Butterfly88]

Hi,

I'm not a senior but just wanted to let you know about this sub-forum in case you missed it.

https://forums.psychcentral.com/seniors-lounge/

[SheilaKathy]

OOPS! Thanks. I looked but didn't see anything, so I thought it didn't exist. My bad! THANKS!

[*Laurie*]

That sounds wonderful!

[Winx]

"Look. There is no escaping all the pain of growing older. When you consider all the physical ailments and chronic conditions experienced by seniors, it is understandable that so many are depressed and anxious. Not to mention the agonizing process of losing loved ones to death. When experiencing acute loneliness, I like to remember these words by spiritual author Henri Nouwen: “It is the absence itself, the emptiness within you, that you have to be willing to experience, not the one who could temporarily take it away. You have to own your loneliness and trust that it will not always be there. The pain you suffer now is meant to put you in touch with the place where you most need healing, your heart.” In other words, sometimes the best the thing to do with our pain is simply to surrender to it, and go with it." -- Therese J. Borchard

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, because of its protocols, may help.

[Gus1234U]

i don't understand why someone would post in a forum that it exists, and give the link to the page i'm on ,,,, >?????

[SheilaKathy]

I originally posted the original post in another area of the Forum, not knowing the Senior Lounge existed. This whole thread was moved here by those in charge later on. So when someone posted the link, this thread was in a different place than it is now. Relax! Put your feet up and enjoy....

[here today]

Hi SheilaKathy,

This is a great idea! I just noticed this thread.

How is the fall in Andrews? I love that little place, and the big mountains all around.

[Shazerac]

Originally Posted by SheilaKathy

I originally posted the original post in another area of the Forum, not knowing the Senior Lounge existed. This whole thread was moved here by those in charge later on. So when someone posted the link, this thread was in a different place than it is now. Relax! Put your feet up and enjoy....

I'm gonna sit here on the front porch and sip a margarita

[Gus1234U]

just takin' in the view~

[here today]

Oh, wow! ^

[SheilaKathy]

Originally Posted by here today

Hi SheilaKathy,

This is a great idea! I just noticed this thread.

How is the fall in Andrews? I love that little place, and the big mountains all around.

We are having the weirdest fall. No bright colors at all, just some browns and dull reds here and there a little bit. It has not frozen yet, nor has it dipped below 40 yet to my knowledge. So most of the mountains are still green.

We had 100% totality for the eclipse here, so it was kind of awesome. Our little town of 1800 people became the focus of some 30,000 visitors in one day. We closed Main St. down and all kinds of vendors sold eclipse memorobilia for the day. Then there was a mass exodus right as soon as the eclipse was over, because, of course, we had very little places for them to stay. There was a 2 day traffic jam, from what I heard, on the way out of here on one of our highways that is less traveled, one that goes winding through the mountains. We did manage to make a camp site for 100 tents, so some folks had a place to stay. Everyone in town had guests in their guest rooms and some folks were even renting out their guest rooms for $1,000.00 or more a night!!! That was rare, though, but it was in the paper, I heard.

Anyway, the eclipse was awesome. Beyond words in some ways. And I had seen a total eclipse when I was a little girl too, but I understood so much more about it this time that the rarity of it and the beauty of it really touched me deeply.

[here today]

I live near Atlanta, so boring. Well, we've got a lot to do here but I'm kind of "been there, done that".

My son has invited me to move out to Washington state. Find my own place, but be close to him and their young kids. I think I should do it but it means clearing out this place where I've lived for nearly 30 years. Plus I have 5 cats who would probably prefer not to move, but that may be just an excuse.

Old lady needs to get busy! I'll sure miss being close to WNC if I do, though. They have mountains in Washington but they're not the same.

[Shazerac]

Originally Posted by here today

I live near Atlanta, so boring. Well, we've got a lot to do here but I'm kind of "been there, done that".

My son has invited me to move out to Washington state. Find my own place, but be close to him and their young kids. I think I should do it but it means clearing out this place where I've lived for nearly 30 years. Plus I have 5 cats who would probably prefer not to move, but that may be just an excuse.

Old lady needs to get busy! I'll sure miss being close to WNC if I do, though. They have mountains in Washington but they're not the same.

Cats don't like to move, but they can. It would be wonderful to be near your grandchildren. My aunt and uncle moved from Florida to Washington state when their daughter got married and planned to have children. They got to be there at the birth of their granddaughter. They love it there. My uncle loves the medical marijuana

[Gus1234U]

i moved 'back home' some 23 yrs ago, from a 25 yr stay in Sacramento. i missed the Rockies the whole time i was gone. life here sucks. my family doesn't like me (or each other, mostly), the economy is palid, we're a tourist town and i think that corrupts the morals of most business people. vacation houses in every view....

still, they will have to pry the door knob out of my cold dead hand ~!! i will tolerate social and service deprivations for the view of "my mountains". and the isolation has done wonders for my spiritual development. always look for the good in things that you can't do anything about (it might be the "Friendly Universe" bringing you what you need).