IF YOU PROVIDE A ROOM FOR GDAD ~ YOU'LL GET SONGS LIKE
THIS ~ THE LAT E GREAT CORPORAL JONES FROM DADS ARMY !
GRANDDAD ~ We Love You !
Wont put You in the Old Folks Home
You can stay with us ~ wont be no fuss
You can chat all day on yer Mobile Phone !
We know you're old ~ We know you're cold
Your Arms & Legs rheumatic
We'll fix a bedsit in a downstairs room
NOT stuck up in the Attic
We know you like some Old Folks Homes
Where your well heeled Friends have gone
Where wine is served with every meal
And the Ladies outnumber TEN to ONE !
That might seem like Heaven to You
But WILLY WONKA no can do !
We want to keep you Clean & Sweet
We want to make you HAPPY
So please dont wee on our brand new suite
We've bought you a MAN-SIZED NAPPY !
You can eat with us & share with us
See your GRANDKIDS every day
But when Young ladies visit
Stay in your room & pray !
GRANDAD we Love You
And you wont have to PAY
You can stay with us ~ wont be no fuss
And we'll save a TON* each day !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ LOVE B & A 🧡🧡🧡
*TON = £100 or $130 ! Because Old Folks (Seniors) Homes
can be remote and often with problems. Many Single Seniors
would prefer to move in with a Son or Daughter. Better if they
can stay near their own COMMUNITY ! However there are
problems especially if they need nursing care. The problem in
the UK is that Private Seniors Residential Homes cost in excess
of £1000 ($1300) per Month so a nest egg of £50,000 only
last FOUR YEARS ! Could you ~ would you accommodate your
GRANDDAD ? WE are informed that GRANDMAS are less trouble ? !
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Author:
ANGELA & BRIAN (Pseudonym) (
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Comments8
I'm commenting on the assumption that his is intended to be comical. It was great, to be honest. Had no idea that's what it was until I got about halfway through.
For a second there I was thinking to myself, "These people are trying to take someone's grandpa hostage!" seriously, good stuff. You guys and Finch (Uncle Andy as you call him) really know how to get me. Nice one guys.
Thanks NICK pleased you liked it ~ it is nostalgic ! Ive added a PIC & A VIDEO ~ please check ! Yours through poetry ~ BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡
Oops, just noticed a mistake in my grammar. COUGH. "THIS" as it it's supposed to be read xD haha. oh well. I'll check them out.
Now this really is a big problem and it hits you hard the older you get. You've summed it up well.
DODECAHEXA ?
Thanks UNCLE MIKE we intended it to be humerous but also realistiuc ! 26 (DODECAHEXA) is the number of lines for an ABCDarian Poem but all the LETTERS are in the WRONG order. Thanks for your comment. We've added a PICTURE & A VIDEO ~ please revisit ~
Thanks B & A 🧡🧡🧡🧡
A fine write A&B. But how can I cope with words like Dodeca-wotsit this time of morning?! lol.
Thanks Uncle Steve ~ pleased you enjoyed it ! You should have payed more attention in LATIN ~ 20 lines \"Dulce et dicipere en loco\" ~ OK ~
Blessings B & A 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Loco? You catching a train?! I only know a smidgeon: 'Carpe Diem', and I thought that was about going fishing? Carp?! lol.
"And in the process I crack my shin" Haha, good stuff.
Well done you two for highlighting a vital need when folk get too old to care for things properly - - you have hearts of gold and they show in this tribute to the families who themselves look after their elders.
HI FAY ~ iVE REPLIED WITH A COMMENT ~ PLEASE CHECK ~
YOURS BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
THANKS FAY ~ Pleased you appreciated the intended message behind the Poem. Several of our Church Members have a aged parent or Maiden Aunt living with them. My parents tell me that in Liverpool it was much more common than it is today ! Some "Old Folks Homes" are OK and Angela & I love to visit to sing & speak to them ! They love a Programme on the 60's Stars like Jim Reeves NKC & Johnny Cash etc. The problem today (compared with the 1950's) is that Families have moved apart & even abroad and also many Seniors are childless and on their own ! Living in a Family does enable them to interact with their Grandchildren and Extended Family ! AOP's in OPH's can be very lonely !
Blessings & Love through Poetry
BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
NO ~ but (for some) LIFE is ! Thanks "OUT" Yours B & A !
I am having to go through this situation with Joyce and her dementia it is at the stage where I am struggling at home and she will have to go into a care home on a permanent basis before I crack up as well. It is so very hard to deal with dementia I would not wish it in anybody,
THNAKS FOR YOUR COMMENT ~ UNCLE ANDY ! We love the fact that you have shared with us ~ Your continuing great Love for your beloved Joyce ~ but also the fact that she is in essence living in a World of her own. Because we are Church Workers & Home visitors (when Angela is back in Essex) we do share & pray with Couples (on a rota) on of whom has Dementia ~ so we see and share in the Problem first hand. In several cases they have reluctantly had to place their Loved One in a Care Home. We also visit in the Care Home ~ in some cases they know who we are ~ OK. As CHRISTIANS we all respect the decision our FellowChristians hve taken ~ for the sake of sanity ! Euthanasia is another matter all together and personally ~ as Christians ~ we believe it is contrary to God\'s word to deliberately terminate another persons life ~ AMEN
Every Blessing for the future
You & Joyce are always on the Prayer list
Love in the Spirit Brain & Angela 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
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