— Farm Girl Carrie 👩🌾 (@FarmGirlCarrie) July 15, 2025
9 thoughts on “Grandparents back then were like that… I know mine were, I can hear my great grandmother in every one of them.”
Pop use to say, you’re not some bad man’s boyfriend or pushing up daisies, life is good move along.
Great post CederQ, & Noogie’s pop had it nailed. Took me a moment to grok the “bad man’s boyfriend, tho! 😂
When asked “How’re you doing, my father would almost always answer “Happy to be on the right side of the sod.”
I use that to this day, & have added “…to still be on….”, & sometimes add: “Every day above ground is a good day!” I love the laughter, agreement, & other responses I get.
Now 65, at around 18 I read this, & it has stuck with me ever since:
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow’s a mystery, but today is a gift…… that’s why we call it the present.”
Oops….Boogie, & Cederq!!
Yesterday was also the easiest day.
When asked how I’m doing, I usually just tell people “Well, I didn’t have a chalk outlline around my body when I woke up, so I guess I’m doing ok.”
“I woke up on the green side of the grass, so I’m off to a great start.”
Got my grumpy old ass in a sling for saying things like that to a snowflake coworker at my last job before I retired. My better 3/4, the only female mechanic in the airline, actually made the soyboi cry a few times. I was so proud!
My Dad always said about young people, “they’ll figger it out”.
Boy howdy the end of life lesson they’re about to get.
Some of those kids had a hard time holding in their laughter until the end of the skit. 😀
Pop use to say, you’re not some bad man’s boyfriend or pushing up daisies, life is good move along.
Great post CederQ, & Noogie’s pop had it nailed. Took me a moment to grok the “bad man’s boyfriend, tho! 😂
When asked “How’re you doing, my father would almost always answer “Happy to be on the right side of the sod.”
I use that to this day, & have added “…to still be on….”, & sometimes add: “Every day above ground is a good day!” I love the laughter, agreement, & other responses I get.
Now 65, at around 18 I read this, & it has stuck with me ever since:
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow’s a mystery, but today is a gift…… that’s why we call it the present.”
Oops….Boogie, & Cederq!!
Yesterday was also the easiest day.
When asked how I’m doing, I usually just tell people “Well, I didn’t have a chalk outlline around my body when I woke up, so I guess I’m doing ok.”
“I woke up on the green side of the grass, so I’m off to a great start.”
Got my grumpy old ass in a sling for saying things like that to a snowflake coworker at my last job before I retired. My better 3/4, the only female mechanic in the airline, actually made the soyboi cry a few times. I was so proud!
My Dad always said about young people, “they’ll figger it out”.
Boy howdy the end of life lesson they’re about to get.
Some of those kids had a hard time holding in their laughter until the end of the skit. 😀