Comments on: Smile Wrinkles http://catholicexchange.com/2010/03/11/127988/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: peanutbutter http://catholicexchange.com/2010/03/11/127988/comment-page-1/#comment-46002 peanutbutter Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:43:37 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=127988#comment-46002 Beautifully written and remembered. I miss my grandmother now and realized yesterday I am now as old as she was in most memories I have of her. She was not stylish by any standard then or now, but Nonna was beyond precious. Her last words to me just before I turned to get into my car with my husband and young family and drive home half way across the country were, "I'm a not gonna see you again, but you better pray for me!" She said it in the most perfect English I had ever heard her enunciate, but she wanted to be sure I got it. I did and I do always pray for her. When the time comes, I will say the same to my own children and grandchildren. Beautifully written and remembered. I miss my grandmother now and realized yesterday I am now as old as she was in most memories I have of her.
She was not stylish by any standard then or now, but Nonna was beyond precious. Her last words to me just before I turned to get into my car with my husband and young family and drive home half way across the country were, “I’m a not gonna see you again, but you better pray for me!” She said it in the most perfect English I had ever heard her enunciate, but she wanted to be sure I got it. I did and I do always pray for her. When the time comes, I will say the same to my own children and grandchildren.

]]> By: PrairieHawk http://catholicexchange.com/2010/03/11/127988/comment-page-1/#comment-46000 PrairieHawk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:04:04 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=127988#comment-46000 I started showing significant gray hair a few years ago. I wouldn't trade a single one of them for all the Grecian Formula in the world. Who wants to go back to being young when you're growing in every virtue as you get older? Every pleasure life offers gets better with age. The Church should be in the forefront of the battle against youth-obsession, which I think is really fear of dying. We can teach the world not to fear death; the only thing to fear, as the philosopher says, is the unlived life. By the way Nancy, it doesn't sound like your Grandmother feared much of anything. I started showing significant gray hair a few years ago. I wouldn’t trade a single one of them for all the Grecian Formula in the world. Who wants to go back to being young when you’re growing in every virtue as you get older? Every pleasure life offers gets better with age. The Church should be in the forefront of the battle against youth-obsession, which I think is really fear of dying. We can teach the world not to fear death; the only thing to fear, as the philosopher says, is the unlived life.

By the way Nancy, it doesn’t sound like your Grandmother feared much of anything.

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