Mothers

[poliphilo]

My mother says, "My life is being taken away from me. It's horrible." She's pushing to do as much as she can for herself- which is good. She's also pushing to cancel the installation of a downstairs shower- which is bad.

We're going home for a few days. I need the break. Ailz would rather stay in Kent because going home means having to send time with Dot.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oh dear. I will try to talk to her...
Have a lovely time, back home. I sent you an email yesterday, by the way.
Jenny x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the email. Yes, perhaps you can persuade her of the desirability of a shower. The surveyor is coming out a week on Thursday I think.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I've just felt the cold breath of age-related deterioration myself in the past month: I've lost height, I'm losing my hearing, and my blood pressure is up. I have great sympathy for your mother. And for you, as caring for an angry/frightened old person is wearing.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I believe I'm shrinking too. Leastways I used to be taller than Ailz and now I'm not. :(

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

As my late MiL discovered in her last couple of years, stubborness will only get you so far and I speak as one of that Taurean breed myself.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

You can't simply face down old age.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Sympathies. I get similar from my Dad, though he's going in the opposite direction and seems to think he's going to die next week. Unfortunately -- or fortunately, depending on which way you look at it -- there's really nothing terribly wrong with him and though he's 92, he could live for years yet.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

My mother is 92 as well. She's pretty plucky and upbeat most of the time.