Nobody Told Me!: 30 Days of Humor for Baby Boomers

By Linda M. Penn, Sara Morgan Lose and Melissa Quinio

A light-hearted look at the things, good and not-so-good, that happen to us as we age. Are we Seniors (well, we're not in high school) or Baby Boomers? How do we cut our toenails if we can't reach them? What do we do about our gray hair and those wrinkles? Nobody told us or maybe we just didn't listen because we never thought it woul

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sara Morgan Lose
• Release date: Feb 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781087863771

Linda M. Penn

Linda obtained her Bachelor, Masters, and Rank I degrees from the University of Louisville. She is a retired elementary public school teacher. She uses her personal life experiences and faith in God to write encouraging literature for youngsters. She lives in Lagrange, KY with her husband, Gilbert. They have two adult daughters and three grandchildren.

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DEDICATION

I am dedicating this book to my husband, Steve, who makes every day an adventure.

Sara

I am dedicating this book to my husband, Gil, our two daughters, Natalie and Lisa, and three grandchildren, Ally, Samantha and Hunter. Hopefully, they will get some laughs about getting older.

Linda

Foreword

Old age is the most unexpected of all things

that happen to a man.

Leon Trotsky

Two chance occurrences led us to write this book.

A neighbor, Nancy, recovering from a broken hip, commented that nobody told her what it was like to get old. Then during a card game, Eleanor remarked that she wished somebody had told her what is was like to get old. Bingo!  An idea for a book was born!

As two not quite elderly ladies, we realized no one had ever talked to us about getting old or what to expect as we began to age. Or, maybe they did mention it, and we just didn’t pay attention. Certainly, getting old wasn’t going to happen to us!

After researching articles and books about aging, we got more and more bummed out! Getting old really isn’t for sissies. But instead of being pessimistic about aging, we decided to take a different approach. We realized in order to get through this stage of life HUMOR IS MOST ESSENTIAL!

We do not claim to be geriatric experts. Our expertise comes from a combined 138 years of experience, some of which includes growing into our own older age. Or as Cousin Elizabeth called it, her oldage (pronounced OL-dij)!

Although some aspects of aging are disheartening, there are also many freedoms that come with our oldage. The following is our, hopefully, humorous and conversational endeavor to tell you some of the things nobody has told you — one day at a time!

Linda and Sara

Day 1

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You talkin’ to me?

Paul Schrader,  American screenwriter

Throughout our lives people in our age group have been called many things:

Baby boomers and hippies

Feminists and chauvinists

Radicals and conservatives

Activists and hard rockers

Adventurers and moonwalkers

So, who are we now that we are older? How do you want to be addressed?

How about senior citizens?

Seniors? We're not in high school!

Maybe elders?

Well, what about geriactivist or prosthetic hippies?

We like those!

It’s your choice! But for writing purposes, we chose to use boomers because it is a widely recognized term for people born between 1946 and 1964.

Has something happened to make you realize you really are a boomer? This might make