tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966473943857830825.post6383811412340535958..comments2023-05-22T04:33:31.695-07:00Comments on Musings from Darlene: April showers just bring more rain!Darlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01784357098819482446noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966473943857830825.post-2195913389462479282009-05-03T18:38:00.000-07:002009-05-03T18:38:00.000-07:00What a wonderful niece you have.She is growing up ...What a wonderful niece you have.She is growing up to be a pretty young woman.It's so wonderful that she has a mother who is teaching her respect for all people regardless of their orientation. It reminds me of the time I was waiting for my wife in a shopping centre when I heard a mother telling her daughter whose name was Susie that just because some people look down on people who are different that she should not do it because it wasn't right. And Susie thanked her mother for telling her this. The world needs lots of people like Susie's mother and in seeing the happy faces in the birthday picture, it looks like I have found one.It would have been nice if Mickey or Minnie had been around for the picture but I have always been a fan of Goofy so he was a good one for the picture. I had my picture taken with Pluto the Dog in Orlando back in 1984.Since you are going on Medicare you must be turning 65 soon.Next year it will be Social Security. The wife and I have been on Company Pensions since 55, Canada Pension since 60 and Old Age Security since 65. We have earlier starting ages here in Canada. Canada has had National Medicare for everyone for 40 years and in our Province of Manitoba we don't even have to pay a premium as it is financed entirely out of general tax revenues.Now you know why we stay here and put up with the cold weather in the winter.EDWIN H. PEARTnoreply@blogger.com