It felt a bit like it Liz!

My Mum and Dad are 81 and 78 respectively. Mum has a slightly weak ankle so tends to topple over sometimes and she has high blood pressure, but other than that she is fine. Dad has diabetes and has had tumours removed from his bladder but is also fine otherwise. The year before last they went to Los Angeles for Mum's 80th (from Australia) and then came here, muttering about it being their last travelling... later this year they are off to California again for my brother's wedding.

On the other hand, Ted's Mum is 82, in a care home and with hardly any short term memory left. She is waiting to die, as she herself will tell you. It is so sad as she was such a strong and dominant woman.

Love Lynne