Ap. 30 {1882} I am very well, but age tells on me. My feet are lame if I wear old shoes, my new teeth make my gums sore. It is useless to try to console myself with the recollection that when I was young new shoes harassed me and old teeth kept me awake; the pains of youth are easily forgotten and quickly remedied; those of age cling to you and must be borne. I am thankful to have nothing worse of physical ills.
I may have blogged this piece before but well, you know, we all feel it, right? And Maria was just like all of us – I know, sometimes hard to imagine. But despite these aches and pains, and as she notes, she lived a fairly healthy life until the last few months of her life. Have I ever blogged about when she gets five teeth pulled in one day? Likely to make space for the new teeth. I have to go see if I posted that one. I guess, I’m just trying to underscore her being a human – like the rest of us! I know she would agree. No pedestal there.
JNLF
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