This is a letter I wrote to my brother on his 50th Birthday
Followed by His Reply

RONNY, AS YOU WELL KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS HAD YOUR VERY BEST INTEREST AT HEART AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I'M TAKING THE TIME TO HELP YOU ADJUST TO THIS BIG EVENT IN YOUR LIFE. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'LL WANT TO SEND ME A THANK YOU CARD BUT DON'T BOTHER. IT MIGHT TIRE YOU OUT GETTING TO THE STORE TO BUY ONE AND BESIDES I WOULDN'T WANT YOU GETTING LOST AND DIANA HAVING TO COME AND LOOK FOR YOU.
SO YOU JUST GET SOME REST!

DEAR BROTHER, SINCE YOU'VE REACHED THE 'TOP OF THAT HILL'

AND FROM NOW ON IT'S GOING TO BE ' OVER THE HILL' FOR YOU,

I THOUGHT THAT I'D NEED TO HELP YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT. I'VE MADE

YOU A LIST OF SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'LL BE NEEDING. GIVE IT TO

DIANA BECAUSE YOU'LL PROBABLY FORGET WHERE YOU PUT IT. I GOT

YOU A GIFT BUT I FORGOT WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT IS.

OH YES, IT'S A MEMO MINDER. IT'S TOO BAD I LOST IT BECAUSE

YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE NEEDING ONE OF THOSE. MEMORY IS THE FIRST

THING TO GO YOU KNOW. ISN'T IT GREAT THOUGH, THAT YOU HAVE SUCH

A THOUGHTFUL SISTER? THAT SHOULD COMFORT ANYONE IN THEIR OLD AGE.

WELL, HERE'S THE LIST:


HEARING AID BATTERIES

UNDERWEAR FOR INCONTINENCE

DENTURE CUP

GERITOL

CANNED OR DRIED PRUNES

VITAMIN B FOR MEMORY LOSS

ROGAINE FOR HAIR LOSS

MELATONIN

ANTI-AGING FORMULA

DONUT PILLOW

6 - PAK OF ENSURE

AARP MEMBERSHIP

SENIOR DISCOUNT CARD

AMPLIFIED SPEAKER PHONE

BOOK ON 'CHAIR AEROBICS'

PERSONAL ID BRACELET ***

*** in the event you should ever forget where you are, who you are, where you're going, or where you live.....don't forget to include your phone # so Diana can be reached to come and pick you up.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST
ENJOY YOUR 'BIG 50' AND REMEMBER

YOU'RE ONLY AS OLD AS YOU FEEL!

LOVINGLY YOURS, YOUR SISTER, GENELLE


The following is my brother's reply. I thought I had been so creative and done such a cute job on him that he'd be speechless with laughter. But, I nearly fell over laughing when I received his answer. He is just so witty. He was always like that. I guess that's why everyone liked him so .. and he hasn't changed .. he's still a nut!

DEAR GENELLE, STAN AND JONATHAN, I WAS TAKING A NAP IN MY ROCKING CHAIR

SITTING ON MY DONUT PILLOW TODAY WHEN DIANA WOKE ME UP AND HANDED

ME A PRUNE JUICE COCKTAIL. WHEN SHE WOKE ME UP SHE HAD TO YELL AS I HAD

MY MIRACLE EAR TURNED DOWN. SHE ALSO HAD MY GERITOL AND VITAMIN B TABLET

AS I FORGOT TO TAKE THEM THIS MORNING. I DIDN'T HAVE MY CANE AND YOU KNOW

HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS WITHOUT THAT EXTRA SUPPORT. DIANA FOUND MY CANE

WHERE I LEFT IT NEXT TO MY AEROBICS CHAIR. SHE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD SEND

YOU A 'THANK YOU' NOTE BUT BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE DEN, I COULDN'T REMEMBER

WHAT THE 'THANK YOU' NOTE WAS FOR. WELL, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. DIANA TOLD

ME THAT IT WAS TIME FOR LUNCH SO I HAD TO FIND MY DENTURES. I DIDN'T KNOW

WHERE THEY WERE AND DIANA TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE WHERE THEY ALWAYS ARE -

IN THE BATHROOM NEXT TO THE BOTTLES OF ROGAINE AND MELATONIN. I DON'T KNOW

WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT DIANA. SHE IS SUCH A BIG HELP NOWADAYS.

WELL, I SHOULD GO FOR NOW AS I HAVE TO EAT MY PRUNES FOR LUNCH.

LOVE, RON AND DIANA


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