Trying to find something to share on the back porch sometimes becomes rather difficult. But then I remembered just the other day of a lady and you’ll know who it is, Dolly Parton a country music entertainer from around Sevierville, Tennessee, who has built a tremendous recording and entertainment empire. However, in all that success and everything that she has enjoyed, she’s always remained very much one of us so to speak. The donations she’s made to charitable projects and her hometown to education and children are absolutely amazing. With all that in mind, it will be rather strange I guess but the thing I remember the most today sitting around, thinking about Dolly Parton, was her saying one time that it takes an “awful lot of money to look this cheap.” She is known for her flamboyant makeup and clothing, Wigs and down home persona. She created an image that is really very, very hard to forget. On the other side of that is the undeniable fact that her talent in singing, songwriting, and story telling through her song lyrics is brilliant. So how does that tie in with this fine lady and us on The Porch?…Dolly, you said  “it takes a lot of money to look this cheap”…. Well Dolly, take it from a bunch of old Geezers “It takes a lot of money to be this old.” I am now in my eighties and biblically speaking that is a blessing…so few of us have such longevity. I ask you to consider this…my medication list is almost two pages long. Last year I tore my knee up so bad it cannot be repaired. I had one surgery but it failed, so now I am unable to walk without mobility aids. I have had two open heart surgeries in the last 20 years and spend a lot of money on health care needs related to those operations. I have developed Type Two diabetes which requires a regimen of medications and dietary disciplines. I could go on but I am now at the point where what does it matter? Some of us here on The Porch have lived beyond our biblical life expectations…we have been blessed. In all these years God has always provided me with the means to continue this life journey…Believe me…it costs a lot to grow old. So if you can, pause a moment and Ponder the Alternative.

Yes indeed! Life is Good

jk