Moscow Minidoka: My 81-year-old grandmother retired from nursing 15 years ago, and has spent the last 15 years working for my mother in her (my mom's) retail establishment. She doesn't work because she's a “scared senior” cowering in fear about the economy or Obama (despite her being a lifelong Republican), but because she doesn't want to roll over and die. Keeping active in my mom's shop, at church, and in Eastern Star keep my grandmother vibrant, busy, and about as happy as you can be as an elderly widow. She acts younger than a lot of 50- and 60-year-olds I know. She works because it gives her satisfaction, not because she's scared. Your generalizations about a Nation Terrified of Socialist Obama get pretty old after a while, you know?

Question: Do you have an older parent or grandparent who still works, by choice or necessity?