Day: August 23, 2005

I do love cats, honest.  But how many cute cats can you look at before you need a palliative?  As an antidote to all the cuteness going ’round.  I present…http://www.mycathatesyou.com/

There.

I am used to the idea of the old folks in my life slipping away at some point. But it’s hard to watch the folks in my parents’ generation dealing with this whole mortality thing. My parents and my dad’s cousin are in Alaska on a trip and they get the call that my dad’s cousin’s wife’s mother (say that three times fast) has died. She was not well and had moved in with them this past year after giving up her home in New York, and they had placed her in care for the duration of the two week trip.

Despite my personal feelings about Boomers (and trust me they are not kind feelings), it is sobering to see the Boomer age friends and relatives coping with the death of their parents. Once the oldest relatives are gone, that makes MY parents’ generation the oldest. So far (on my dad’s side) there hasn’t been much activity on the new baby front. I’m the oldest of that generation and I’ve been thinking a lot about the whole baby thing lately. Maybe it’s hormonal.

Just musing.