It is often said that you know you are getting old when you read the obituaries just to make sure you aren’t dead yet. However, I find the obituaries in small town newspapers to be fascinating narratives about the interesting people that have lived, sometime their whole lives, in our towns. I especially love how our local paper sums up a person’s life right below their name. Here are the ones from a recent weekly obit column:
~ Raised short-horn cattle after retirement ~
~ Avid reader, enjoyed taking long walks ~
~ Talented cook, loved spending time with grandkids ~
~ Loved to travel, worked with local Girl Scouts ~
~ Was technical writer, enjoyed gardening ~
Some may find it a little sad to have a life summed up in a few words like this, or think that it is shows a lack of the formal “accomplishments” typically outlined in an obit in the New York Times, but I find myself charmed by the lives they’ve led. I don’t know what the one-line summary of my life will be, but one could do a whole lot worse than “Talented cook, loved spending time with grandkids”.
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