{"id":468,"date":"1997-01-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"1997-01-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisamishli.com\/bernice-meyer-saltzman\/?p=468"},"modified":"2021-02-02T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T14:42:39","slug":"survey-of-seventy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamishli.com\/bernice-meyer-saltzman\/1997\/01\/28\/survey-of-seventy\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey of seventy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In response to Ruth Seligman\u2019s Survey of Seventy:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be 68 on my next birthday. Here is how I feel about my birthdays in general: I like them. I always have a feeling of gratitude and blessedness. I have no desire to celebrate them in any special way and feel no disappointment when others don&#8217;t remember it. My mother always did and that was enough. When I reached 40 she started sending me birthday checks in an amount matching the year, with instructions to spend it on myself. Once, after learning how babies are born, I asked my mother if it hurt her when I was born. &#8220;Yes,&#8221; she said, &#8220;but I forgot all the pain the minute they put you in my arms.&#8221; How could I mind a day that recalls that kind of joy and love, verified by the birth events of my own three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five words which describe me. Jewish. Flexible. Thoughtful. Dependable. Blessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think I am perceived by others as calm, organized, trustworthy and intelligent. One friend once told me &#8220;you are the original velcro person.&#8221; (Just about the most delightful description I&#8217;d ever want.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I think younger people (my children&#8217;s age as well as my children) perceive me in much the same way. I think children (my grandchildren&#8217;s age) probably perceive me as old, maybe a little severe, because I don&#8217;t force a relationship, or get too much into the mindset of that age. But I love observing small children and (once again since the birth of grandchildren) recognizing\u00a0 almost on sight, how old they are and what size clothes they need. (Which I forgot how to do after my own kids passed into their teens.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major concerns, fears, etc., at this stage of life. Foremost is the inevitable deaths of close and loved family members older than I (including my father, now 93). Also difficult is not seeing often or knowing well my far away grandchildren. Probably like most seniors I hope not to become incapacitated and dependent because of illness. I do not think I am afraid of dying, except of dying slowly, diseased, deranged, or undignifiedly. I fantasize that in my next life I&#8217;ll be lithe and beautiful enough to be an ice skater or ballroom dancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 Mostly I am grateful that I have the possibility of a fruitful old age: I am not afraid of being alone since I have many intellectual and manual skills and interests and hundreds of tasks\/projects to do. I may have inherited longevity genes. I do all I can to remain mobile and to handle pain with a minimum of medicine. I believe I will have the financial resources to be independent as well as generous.  In five years I will have many more age spots than at present, will be badly in need of a face lift, which I will not get. I hope that I will be free of my too many community commitments, but probably will not be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Ruth Seligman\u2019s Survey of Seventy: I will be 68 on my next birthday. 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