I really liked this article. We so rarely hear anything at all about what it is like to be elderly in this country. It is great to hear an upbeat but honest account of what it can be like. I only hope I am as smart and funny when I am the author's age (I am 38 now). Thanks for the article.
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My Declaration of ... Well, Dependence
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Yet there are virtues to living here: the kids who wait on us in the dining room are great. They laugh and smile; they flirt and are full of hope. And the residents are a lively, entertaining bunch: a former university president full of good humor despite his constant pain, a woman who helped desegregate southern Florida, an astute former U.S. senator and a children's book author, whose latest work is an account of an elephant conceived through artificial insemination--in rhyme, no less!
Still, at bedtime, I sometimes feel I have to justify my self-incarceration to Uncle Mike. "It's time," I tell him. "You live in cloud-cuckoo-land," he says. "I hope you gave only $5,000 cash money. And how's the bed, kid?" In truth, it's a little lumpy. But it feels right.
Devitis lives in southern Florida.
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