HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Fellow Monday Morning Miler, #90 — Image by Joy
After the hike on Mt. Lemmon this past Monday, some of us gathered for a picnic celebration for a very special person on th occasion of his 90th birthday. Don Fletcher is our hiking “poster child”, since we all would like to still be hiking on our 90th.
Hiking, staying active in general, is a good way to maintain dignity as mature humans, even though store clerks may have replaced “sir” with “sweetie” some time ago.
DON’T CALL ME SWEETIE!
Just because I may
Look old and weak
Don’t call me sweetie —
No “elderspeak” for me.
You may think
You’re being kind,
But it’s not
A good moment
When dignity
Is left behind.
— kenne
