LUCKY.

I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds.   People get out of the way much faster now.

Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.

I didn’t make it to the gym today.  That makes five years in a row.

I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.

Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven’t met yet.

Old age is coming at a really bad time.

When I was a child I thought “Nap Time” was a punishment. Now, as a grownup, it feels like a small vacation.

The biggest lie I tell myself is, “I don’t need to write that down, I’ll remember it.”

I don’t have gray hair; I have “wisdom highlights.” I’m just very wise.

Teach your daughter how to shoot, because a restraining order is just a piece of paper.

If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would’ve put them on my knees.

Why do I have to press one for English when you’re just gonna transfer me to someone I can’t understand anyway?

Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice.

At my age “Getting lucky” means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for.

This was an email I received this morning. I thought it was very cute.

About Zakiah

I write poetry and some fiction, have a book that was published in 2012. . . Stray Thoughts/Winged Words. I have four grandchildren, ages 16 and half to almost 16 months. I love the ocean, and grew up along the Indian Ocean in South India. I am a retired physician. Don't know much else to say. Thanks for reading. That has been my profile for so many years. My daughter Saadia a great poet and story teller, has two sons; the oldest grandson is now 21 years old, doing architectural engineering at Missouri S&T in Rolla MO. His younger brother is almost 16 and taking driving lessons seriously and is in High School. The other two grandsons, children of my son Sayeed, are 9 and 5. I have recently published another book titled Gulistan, A home of Flowers. It has stories and memories of my childhood and of a distant land which I still consider as my HOME., even though I have lived here in the US for more than fifty years. Hope to see you on my blog.
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11 Responses to LUCKY.

  1. slmret says:

    Very cute, Zakiah! I have a dermatologist who calls the benign skin spots “older and wiser spots.”

  2. mrswrangler says:

    Changing your car horn to gun shots is brilliant

  3. jstnotherday says:

    Haha! These were all so good. 😀
    Some I can even relate to. 😉

  4. jstnotherday says:

    I especially like the one about, ‘I went to the Jim’. 😀

  5. Some of these got snort-laughs outa’ me! :mrgreen:
    I love the Nap Time one! 😀
    HUGS!!! : -P

  6. Needed laugh. thanks for sharing. Hugs.

  7. marica0701 says:

    I love nap time!!! 😀 😀 😀

    Thank you for the chuckles!

  8. Delicious humor, I unerstand what al of those sentences mean 🙂
    Love ❤
    Michel

  9. r_hsw says:

    lol. this certainly brings a smile on my face.

  10. pacificnorthwestgranny says:

    This made me laugh out loud and Ty for the chuckle.

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