Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/14/2020
I was driving out of my property yesterday morning and I encountered a man in a brown suit, brown tie, and brown fedora walking down the road typing on his phone. Since we live on a circle, and I didn’t recognize him—and hadn’t seen a man wearing a fedora in ages—I put the car in reverse, drew abreast, and asked him how he was doing. He said, “I’m fine, thanks, just walking into town.”
“Do you live here?”
“Yes, I’m Zach, Joe and Debbie’s son, I think we may have met a long time ago.”
“How is your dad?” (Joe, a great guy, retired from the phone company years ago, and has been in a nursing home for a year.)
“Not good, I haven’t been able to see him since March, but I can visit on Friday. My mom sees him fairly often, but he can’t speak, though at times she thinks he recognizes her. I’m living with my mom to help out since I’m not married and I like her a lot!”
“I’m so sorry, Zach, I wish you all well. How old is Joe now?”
“He’s 74, much too young, though some others there are in their early 60s.”
It struck me as I put the car in gear that the suit and hat were no doubt his father’s, since they are of the same build.
I’m 74. I said goodbye, and then took the interstate and got the Corvette into seventh gear as soon as I could.
How young can you die of old age? —Steven Wright
I’ve been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, Work out! Work out! Old age is coming! —Cher
Age is such a high price to pay for maturity. —Tom Stoppard
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