Hi Silver Fox,

I just want to say Happy 80th birthday! I hope you had a great, fun-filled birthday because eighty years of life deserves to be celebrated.

You do not know me yet, but allow me to introduce myself, I am you at the age of 70. I, too, have just celebrated a birthday, and I am feeling kind of special even after becoming a widow after over 42 years of marriage. Due to all the deaths, we have experienced together in our lives, I can honestly say, I did not think we would have made it to eighty. I realized on our birthday that if I want to actually meet you in 10 years, I needed to get to work and start changing a few things. Today I have promised to make us a priority. All of our lives, we have given our life away! Let’s take the remaining years for ourselves! This cannot be viewed as selfish, you agree? Even writing this letter to you, it triggers a sense of strange relief.

My goals and wishes for us is that we have good health, travel, and independence. I wish that we have the ability to do whatever we are big enough to do! I choose life and living for us.

Let’s get started on our grocery list of changes and the things we need to overcome and take a short trip down memory lane.

We have survived the death of all our family members mother, father, brother and two sisters. First there were six and now there is one. Our sisters had children in which we tried to fill the auntie role and provided a safety net for their pain and shortcomings. Although some situations our nieces and nephew created themselves through poor choices while some situations were thrusted on them due to the absence of their mothers and life experiences , all while married and trying to raise our daughter. I often wonder why God allowed us to be the mother of so many. It is my prayer that when I catch up to you, we will look back over our life and the answer will become clearer.

These are the changes I need to make to improve our quality of life: I pledge to you to become more active and exercise at least three times a week. I also will watch my diet and maintain a healthy weight. Another goal is to reduce or eliminate the medications I currently take. It will probably take most of the ten years to achieve these things, but we can do it.

I hope that your expectation of me is to do all the things that allow you to be the best version of yourself.

Praying that God will continue to keep us with good health, sound mind, and the financial ability to do whatever we want. Silver Fox, stay strong and sassy! Catch up to you later.

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