Watching the obituaries...

One of the first things I do in the morning is go online and look at the online edition of the Baxter Bulletin...the hometown newspaper of Mtn. Home. The obits. are the first thing I read...Now today there were 8 obituaries listed...Out of these 8// 1 person was 72 years old, 1 person was in their late 80's, and the rest were in their 90's or over 100 years of age!!! What does that say about MH?? Do people that live there live longer? Is over 90% of the population over 80? My youngest son has a theory that when he visits MH the 'old people energy' sucks the life out of the younger people! That's how they live so long...so I told him that it's his fault of all these obits today...he hasn't visited for several months!!! If he had, they'd all still be alive because they'd have sucked his energy from him...he agreed! We have told this theory to others living in MH and surprisingly they aren't insulted they agree with his theory!!! But then as I looked at these obits. I thought about the life stories that each of these people had to share....The lives that each of them led, the adventures they had, the loves, the heartaches they experienced...what a legacy that together they had! What lessons they could teach us all...