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Across the Fence:  Offically a Little Old Lady  |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6917 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6917 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 09:13:55 AM
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FarmGirl Sisters it's official I have lived long enough to be a little old lady. I was called that today at the grocery store in the most respectful and loving way.
Beth, the young woman that is responsible for all pricing and labeling in the store has formed a bond with me. She tells me about her hummingbirds and I share tales of Maggie & the chicks.
This morning she caught up with me in the parking lot as my groceries were being loaded in my trunk. She had videoed 30 hummingbirds around her feeder on her phone to show me.
She said "I told my husband I had to do it for my little old lady". How sweet and special of her to remember me when she was experiencing all those hummingbirds at her two feeders. She even captured them sitting on her fence awaiting their turn.
I am so grateful to have such a friend and so happy to be her 'little old lady'. After all it took me 73 years of living to be one and I plan on being one for many years to come.
Have a blessed day, Sara ~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Carole
New York
USA
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
1010 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
1010 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 10:55:34 AM
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How lovely, and how special this is! Don't you love your little old lady status?!?
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6917 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6917 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 11:34:42 AM
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There is freedom in being a little old lady. Freedom to be the woman I always wanted to be. Life has a way of teaching us what is important, and what really doesn't matter at the end of the day. Wish I had known that in my 20s.
Have a blessed day, Sara ~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 12:55:03 PM
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Awww, that's sweet, Saara!
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 1:03:40 PM
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Oh, Sara! I would've figured you to be in your mid-30's or so!!! LOL! Ah, well... Little young, little middle, little old... What really matters is that you are such a dear, sweet and gracious lady, and such a beloved friend to all! That kind of inner beauty is timeless! You GO sister! Love ya much! Hugs - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2015 : 3:56:36 PM
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Sara: What a wonderful story and a great outlook on our age (I'll be 73 next month). I'm still rarin' to go even though my body says slow down. We need friends of all ages. That's what is wrong with this country, separating the ages. We need to be together and support one another. Happy Birthday.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6917 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6917 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2015 : 03:12:29 AM
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Judith you're right it was sweet of Beth to think of me on her own time.
Nini, girl you make me blush with all your kind words, but that's okay, because I sure do appreciate them and you.
Bonnie, we agreed on how good it is to have friends of all ages. The younger women need us as examples of women aging gracefully, and still engaging in life. We need them to keep us on our toes, and connected to the generations coming up behind us.
Have a blessed day, Sara ~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6592 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6592 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2015 : 06:14:00 AM
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Sara, I just love this story of your friend and the hummingbirds!! Yes, with PRIDE, you can beam at being referred to as "little old lady"!! I agree with you that as we age, we feel less pressured by what others think and enjoy the freedom of being who we want to be. I guess that is what wisdom really is; knowing when to hold em' and when to fold em'!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014 |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6917 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6917 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2015 : 07:48:22 AM
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Winnie, I love what you said "knowing when to hold em' and when to fold em'!".
Have a blessed day, Sara ~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13620 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13620 Posts |
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2015 : 4:02:30 PM
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Sara, You are just the cutest, sweetest farmgirl!
Big hugs,
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE
Chapter Leader, Connecticut Simpler Life Sisters
Farmgirl of the Month, January 2013
Suburban Farmgirl Blogger
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DandeeRose
True Blue Farmgirl
1509 Posts
Alicia
Charlestown, IN
1509 Posts |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6917 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6917 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2015 : 05:31:05 AM
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CeeJay, if we are smart we learn from life. If we don't learn than we get to go through it again & again into we catch on.
When I turned 60 the gap between me and a woman in her 80s was closed. Now that I in my 70s I find that there are no gaps between me and all ages if I am open to listening to the generations behind and in front of me.
Nicole, your sweet words have blessed me this morning. Good way to start my day.
Alicia, you are right it was the way she said it when she said "my little old lady" that let me know it was out of respect. When talking with her husband she didn't call me some little old lady from the grocery store, but "my little old lady".
Have a blessed day, Sara ~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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notathreatinsight
True Blue Farmgirl
626 Posts
Erin
Monroeville
IN
USA
626 Posts |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2015 : 11:23:02 AM
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Thanks for sharing your sweet story with us, Sara. Hugs.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2015 : 10:48:44 PM
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We may be growing older... But we are not growing Up! lol!
enjoy the little girl in you and cherrish the wonderful woman you have become.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2015 : 2:20:29 PM
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You're right. Don't grow up! I like to still think like a kid. I try not to take life too seriously and find humor in everything. I still love the grass between my toes and swinging on a porch swing.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
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sonshine4u
Chapter Guru
1205 Posts
April
New Prague
MN
USA
1205 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2015 : 11:09:26 AM
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Awww! I love this story! I hope I'm someone's "little old lady" someday! :)
Farmgirl Hugs!
~April
River Valley Farmgirls
Chapter Leader
~Playing in the Sonshine~
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
4919 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
4919 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2015 : 5:17:01 PM
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I will be 72 in October. I still sub at a little country school I love. Last fall a second grader asks me how old I was. I did not answer, but asked how old she was. When she said seven, I said I was a bit older than her. She looked up at me, very seriously, and said she thought I was about 17! I was shocked but she had run off to play as I laughed to myself. Then one morning a couple of months ago I was with sophomores, second period. This group is special to me because I spent the last month of their sixth grade year with them after their teacher quit. One of the boys asked me if I ever get mad. Again I was shocked, but I was honest and said yes. My example had happened only two days before when I needed to air one of my tires up. My husband had piled 200# of feed on the hose. I told the boy that yes I did get mad, because I had to move the feed and air the tire up before I could be almost late for school. I have learned that people young and old watch us, and what do they see? I hope they see God's light coming through.
TexasGran
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7484 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7484 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2015 : 10:20:21 PM
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Cute story, Sara.
I'll be 68 next week and sometimes I feel like a little old lady. LOL!
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
Farmgirl #1919
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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