I can't stop thinking about that PJ O'Rourke quote: "She had that wonderful gift some old ladies have of letting everything in her brain run right out her mouth."
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My sister in law (who is 80 and has had a couple of minor strokes) has that gift. Sometimes I wince and cringe, but more often I want to give her a big hug and a high-five for saying things nobody else has the nerve to say. God, I love that woman.
Don't be so hard on yourself.