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             A Salute to Seniors




             Lee Coyne, ATMS






            Did you know that May is Older Americans Month?
            That's the one bracket we all can fall into should
            we survive. It is also a time honored opportunity
            to do a reminiscence talk about the legacy left by

            our grandparents. Here's an overview of just what
            we might cull from their Yesterdata (that's our new
            word for memoirs of that earlier era):

               •  What was their best subject?
               •  Their main extra curricular?
               •  What about their 1st car ever?
               •  Let's learn about dating ventures.
               •  How did courtship go forward?

               •  What was that first job like?
               •  Favorite, least favorite boss?
               •  Bringing up their first baby?

               •  Hobby to gain relaxation?
               The old stereotypes of elderly sitting in rocking chairs and watching the world go by is inaccurate
            these days. You might like to describe your prediction of post retirement.
               Let me mention a magazine article I once wrote called "Project Emeritus." It suggested that retired
            folks could likely recycle their knowledge to curious high school kids. That linked youth and elders.

               We Toastmasters can emerge as welcomed classroom guests. Every future May that well may happen—
            sowing new seeds for those morrows to come.
























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