My father had a carotid endarterectomy on June 14. He and my mother are staying with us while he recuperates. The photo below shows some of the attendees at an Old Person Party we threw in my father’s honor. The invitations stated that a person had to be within ten years of 80 to get in the door. The only person to show up besides my parents was some lady named Ruth, who at 89 almost aged out of eligibility. The menu included a healthy dose of red meat, cream sauces and polyunsaturated fats.
Mother Mary, Father Edward and Aunt Ruth enjoying some healthy cake and ice cream.
My family is really pampering my father as he recovers from major surgery (or sogery, as Bethany calls it). The photo below shows my father drying dishes as my able-bodied children goof off in the next room. Edward is acting as foreman. Since my Dad is not running at full strength, we only require him to do KP duty every-other meal.
My dad looking very able bodied after surgery.
Just to be fair, I thought I would include a very complimentary photo of my mother.
My Mom and Dad eating cake
I struggled with a name for this post (not very long though). I decided “Old People” might be safe since chances are good that those mentioned here will never see this post. (I have to pretty much force my Mom to look at anything on the internet.) If none of you tell them, I will be safe.
By the way, I really like my Mom and Dad and Aunt Ruth. All the jabs contained in this post were shameless ploys to get a laugh.
Nice to finally have someone helping with the dishes!