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Seniors and seniority
Just last month, my grandmother turned 95.Personally, I don't plan on living to that age, but if I do, I'm doing it like her.
She recently had to go to the doctor for overdosing on French chocolate.
She could have driven herself, like she often does (to hair appointments, church and groceries), but this time the sugar high was too serious.
Around that incident, it was the decision of her children to buy a life line for her; an ugly digital necklace with a transponder button that would get in touch with a dispatcher in the event of an emergency.
At first I was shocked at the idea. How could they?
She's completely independent ; lives on her own with various roommates along the way, drives herself, talks (somewhat successfully) on the phone with her friends.
Her memory is sharper than mine and she has enough brainpower to realize 'hey, my granddaughter's here, let me get her to change the light bulb in the carport.'
But then I remembered; she's 95.
While I like to think of her as immortal, and I will continue to do so for as long as possible, I realize she isn't.
That's why I've been on this search to see what it's like for the seniors in Clarke County.
The cornerstones of our community, the people who have kept the county small and built up its traditions.
Let's face it, their living conditions are not always pleasant.
It bothers me that no matter what my conditions will be upon my retirement, thanks to my grandmother, I will always be better than how most other grandmothers are living now.
That's not fair.
They deserve it more than me.
But, regardless of their conditions, there's always something around to keep seniors happy.
For my grandma, that's a half-eaten sheet cake with chocolate icing waiting just around the corner.
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