BB, I hope you read the posts I have put up the past two days drawn from Reminisce Magazine. It is a publication that reprints personal letters and stories from days gone by. I will be posting them for a while. I find many of them reminiscent of my youth, as well as some from the time of yours as well as my Dad's youth, also.

Those threads topics are.... "Always pack a lunch," 'The joy of being a daddy's girl,' "Yes, chickens eat gravel!", 'I was so embarrassed,' 'Its nice to be back on the farm,' "When they saw us, they wept."

This is an ode to 77 years of marriage

People often ask
was it blood,sweat and tears?
that led you to be married
for nearly seventy seven years?

And is it exercise and hard work
is that how its done?
to be one hundred and one

The answer is simple
there was never any fuss
it was never you or I
it was always just us

We expressed our love for each other
each and every day
and we continue to do that
since she passed away

We talk of the good times
never anything bad
we pray together each night
thanking God for what we had

So to answer your question
about living to a hundred and one
the answer is "attitude"
that is how it's done
(Chuck Masara)

Chuck now a hundred and three
still drives his car.he paints pictures and lives alone,since his wife of seventy seven years passed away,three years ago.
This poem he wrote two years ago ,shows his outlook on life.
I wanted to share it with you



the answer is "attitude"