We youngsters were invited to her 105th birthday party. We arrived wheeling wheelchairs–some battery-powered, pushing walkers, leaning on canes.
Don’t know about the other old timers at our Old Folks Boarding House, but I did the math. Joyce Ruminer is 13 years older.
When people compare ages, I can get a bit smug. After all, my oldest great-grandson just graduated from Mississippi State. Now working at an engineer’s job in North Carolina.
Who knows? My great-grandson may marry and make me a Great, Great Grandfather. Won’t catch up with Joyce. She now has a four-year-old…breathe deeply…Great, Great, Great, Great Granddaughter.
TV in the living room of our assisted senior living ‘Boarding House’ showed recorded picture memories. And the background song was “You Raised Us Up.” She sure did.
Happy Birthday, Joyce.
