Today I have met two of the most impressive senior citizens.
It's not that this is the first time I have met these fine people, but the first time I have witnessed them in their own home. Thriving, laughing, loving life and keeping plenty busy.
With a yard the size of a small softball field and numerous gardens to maintain the woman of the house makes her way outside when the weather is nice to facilitate new plantings, prune old growth and carry out other miscellaneous duties that accompany a lush and fruitful garden. Her husband performs maintenance on the several ponds and water attractions that adorn the yard.
These two "eighty somethings" married for what seems to be a lifetime, still in love with each other make daily trips in their vehicle to run errands, visit family and friends and shop.
Both still as sharp as a tack, "pop" makes jokes and wisecracks and loves his Schaefer beer. Grand mom reminisces about old times and loves to tell stories of when the grand kids were younger.
Yes, these two are my idols. I look up to them. I hope to be like them when I am that age. When other couples their age can occasionally become hermits or poses other disabling mental issues, these two have broken the mold and are living life to the fullest.
They are Kate's grandparents, Betty and Norman Pollock
