Did you see where that 96 year old man fathered a new son this year?
The man's name if Raghan and his wife is Shakuntah. They met ten years ago when he was 86 and she was 42. Over in India.
Well, that's what the news said. Some folks who commented on the news article were totally disbelieving of the ages. As a nurse, I am not disbelieving at all.
Old age does not mean No Can Do.
Disease may mean No Can Do at any age.
Are you a "wanna be dad" on the Twilight Zone of Life......where you have landed instead of dying young?
Well Ragnan lived a life of celibacy, so when he began making babies on our strange twilight landscape he had no teenagers. And chances are he never will. So......personally I don't think he has accomplished any great feat.
The people I cheer in wonder are those who reproduce when there are teenagers in the house.
I was working with Connie when she announced her pregnancy at age 44. I was only 35 and, frankly, I judged her harshly for her complete immature come-a-part at having her 6th child.
But I did like Connie, so one day as I sat on a chair beside her at her reception desk & she was being all gloomy and ticked off, I asked her if I could ask her a very personal question and she said yes.
"Why are you so ANGRY about this baby? Your husband has money, you are still pretty and healthy. What is wrong?"
She gave me a withering look. "You don't have teenagers yet, do you?"
"No, I don't."
"Well when you do, come and tell me your thoughts on reproducing! I am not producing a baby!!! I am producing another teenager!!!!!!!!! waaawaaawaaa." Her anguish was sincere.
Well, another great thing about aging is the increase in understanding that often accompanies it. I do not judge Connie at all. Not since I was about 40.
Grateful God designed menopause into the genetic makeup of female humans.......unlike many female mammals who keep on reproducing until they die!
Wondering why teenage grandchildren are so much more fun and so much less stressful than teenage children,
Grandma Riverwatch
