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Keep Young
Not deep...

Age just number.............deep Young doing new things, mixing with younger people, reading...expand current lifestyles trends cooking art...embrace it all.

SMILE

To not only be with younger people, but also interact and understand them.

Spending time with my grandchildren

Reminiscing with my friends & family in my mother tongue via Skype (they all leave abroad) about our childhood pranks & remembering good old times. Watching young leaves unfurl in spring makes me feel younger & more energetic. In summer, running barefoot on the grass in the wild meadow & chasing grasshoppers takes me back to my early childhood. Late evenings, just before going to bed, looking up at the stars in the garden reminds me of the days gone by, when I went night fishing with my late aunt & cousin. Everyone in my family was still alive then & two wars, heartbreak of leaving everything but the Cat behind, being a refugee in your own country, and then emigrating abroad were still in the future. The past is always there, within reach: all you need is a phone call, a letter, a sight, a smell, a song - and you are back to a younger, innocent, hopeful version of your self.

Listening to my favourite music.

Grandchildren, gardening & not looking too closely in the mirror.

Swinging on the local park swings with my grandsons - it's totally thrilling!

Playing in the rock pools on Scarborough beach

Laughter makes me feel young

I enjoy doing 1940's Lindy Hop dancing with my hubby to keep me young!

Having a good laugh with eyes streaming with water. Also listening to the songs I used to love as a teenager.

musical memories and dances of the 1960s

All my grandchildren and great grand children

Going to the hairdresser always makes me feel younger.

Going on holiday and enjoy different foods & cultures.

Reading the Gransnet newsletter and forums of course,and taking my grandchildren to the beach or park.

Getting together with my oldest school friends, it sometimes feels that we are still 16 again without all the angst.

Two things..1. Not looking in the mirror
2. Dancing with wild abandon

Spending time with family and friends, walking staying active

Having fun with my granddaughter keeps me young

Spending time with my granddaughter.

Spending time with my grandchildren, watching their excitement learning new things, seeing how they enjoy even the simplest of things like blowing bubbles. They definitely are keeping me feeling young especially when I get invited to join in with their 'pretend' games

All sorts of things - playing with the grandchildren in the park; my 95 year old mother introducing me as her little girl; my grandson telling me that i'll be able to do 'stand up wees' when I get bigger; listening to music from the 60s; going to concerts ... riding my bike ... the list goes on.

School runs, lost shoes (not mine), car littered with crisp packets and crumbs, lunch boxes, after school activities and chatting to other parents/grandparents in the playground. Sharing with my grandchildren all the games I played as a child: jacks, pick up sticks, french knitting. All these things make me feel 30 years younger.