Chapter One
I am Jeff, and I am eighty-three years old. I was born on December 17th, 1932 in Conroe Texas. I was born into a loving family. When my parents were younger, they lived around each other in the same neighborhood and went to the same school. They started dating their last year of high school and ended up getting married at 19 years old. Together they had a son, who is older than me, then I came along, then they had three daughters after me. That makes 5 of us. My siblings and I grew up close to each other. Unfortunately, my older brother and one of my sisters have passed away. My dad was in the military and fought in World War II at the age of 20. He participated in the Calvary, which he was very proud of. For his job, he worked …show more content…
My children also do not let me drive because of my eyes, so they take turns to bring me wherever I need to go. My children take good care of me. They always come to my house to visit me and check up on me. Since I am divorced and my ex-wife has passed away, I am their only parent left. I also have a good friend that I spend a lot of my time with; she also brings me places with her. To deal with my Macular Degeneration, I have had to get magnifying equipment to see simple things. Sometimes, I cannot even tell who some of my family members are because it is so hard to see them. This is very hard for me because family is important to me. I have had to move some furniture in my house in order to get around easier. I used to trip on some of the smaller furniture because I could not see them very well. For all of my presents that I get for my birthday or Christmas, my family gets me oversized things that I am able to see. Some examples of these are oversized remotes for the TV, oversized wall clocks, and big magnifying glasses. The eye doctor has not given me any medicine for this, he says that it is not really necessary and it cannot be cured. I do wear prescription glasses all of the time to help with my vision. I try the best I can to live a normal healthy life though. I believe that diet and exercise is key to good health. I remember when we were kids, we could not afford very much due to the economic crisis. So, my diet has always consisted of spinach and greens that we grew out of our garden that we had. I guess that I just got used to that diet, so I kept eating the same thing throughout adulthood. It’s not like I cannot afford anything else, it’s just that it has become a habit to grow my own vegetables and eat what I have grown. I am very happy about my garden, so I enjoy eating the vegetables out of it. I am sure that my diet has kept me from getting any other
I am Jeff, and I am eighty-three years old. I was born on December 17th, 1932 in Conroe Texas. I was born into a loving family. When my parents were younger, they lived around each other in the same neighborhood and went to the same school. They started dating their last year of high school and ended up getting married at 19 years old. Together they had a son, who is older than me, then I came along, then they had three daughters after me. That makes 5 of us. My siblings and I grew up close to each other. Unfortunately, my older brother and one of my sisters have passed away. My dad was in the military and fought in World War II at the age of 20. He participated in the Calvary, which he was very proud of. For his job, he worked …show more content…
My children also do not let me drive because of my eyes, so they take turns to bring me wherever I need to go. My children take good care of me. They always come to my house to visit me and check up on me. Since I am divorced and my ex-wife has passed away, I am their only parent left. I also have a good friend that I spend a lot of my time with; she also brings me places with her. To deal with my Macular Degeneration, I have had to get magnifying equipment to see simple things. Sometimes, I cannot even tell who some of my family members are because it is so hard to see them. This is very hard for me because family is important to me. I have had to move some furniture in my house in order to get around easier. I used to trip on some of the smaller furniture because I could not see them very well. For all of my presents that I get for my birthday or Christmas, my family gets me oversized things that I am able to see. Some examples of these are oversized remotes for the TV, oversized wall clocks, and big magnifying glasses. The eye doctor has not given me any medicine for this, he says that it is not really necessary and it cannot be cured. I do wear prescription glasses all of the time to help with my vision. I try the best I can to live a normal healthy life though. I believe that diet and exercise is key to good health. I remember when we were kids, we could not afford very much due to the economic crisis. So, my diet has always consisted of spinach and greens that we grew out of our garden that we had. I guess that I just got used to that diet, so I kept eating the same thing throughout adulthood. It’s not like I cannot afford anything else, it’s just that it has become a habit to grow my own vegetables and eat what I have grown. I am very happy about my garden, so I enjoy eating the vegetables out of it. I am sure that my diet has kept me from getting any other