[Magdalen] Prayer Request for my old friend

[Allan Carr]

To me at 86, using the word sickly for an older person implies they've reverted to childhood and are probably senile.

Not good.


> On Jan 17, 2017, at 10:50 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, Marion, that has been my impression as well, and you stated it better than I could.
> 
>> On Jan 17, 2017, at 12:16 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I think of sickly as applying to children:  failure to thrive, pale, thin, given to illness, and all the rest.  Probably mostly influenced by literature.
>> 
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>> 
>> 
>>> On 1/17/2017 8:32 AM, James Handsfield wrote:
>>> As disabled as Marcy was, she never LOOKED ill, and probably would not have liked being labeled ‘sickly’ (nor would I, for that matter).  It seems to me that it describes appearance rather than condition, but that may just be me.
>>> 
>>> And getting old is a bitch, ain’t it.
>>> 
>>> -------------------------------------
>>> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>>> 
>>> Jim Handsfield
>>> jhandsfield at att.net
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 16, 2017, at 6:29 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> And people who have some health problems are sensitive because they
>>>> constantly get this dismissive attitude from others who should know better,
>>>> and hence, you are suggesting, the reaction to Ann's use of the word
>>>> "sickly."  That is a point that never would have occurred to clueless old,
>>>> elderly, doddering me.
>>>> 
>>>> I loathe getting old.
>>