Anybody who’s close to a person in their 80s is likely to have heard the same ironic mix: laments about the loss of their past, interspersed with moments of fully accepting the realities of an elderly person’s life.
It may seem sad or funny, but it’s natural enough … for those of us perceptive enough to notice it! The rest of us probably benefit from having been shown, as we are here.
Anybody who’s close to a person in their 80s is likely to have heard the same ironic mix: laments about the loss of their past, interspersed with moments of fully accepting the realities of an elderly person’s life.
It may seem sad or funny, but it’s natural enough … for those of us perceptive enough to notice it! The rest of us probably benefit from having been shown, as we are here.