I watch the old woman next door. I can’t help it. She has no curtains and as I sit with my coffee, my eyes are drawn to her as she hobbles around her kitchen each morning, staggering with pain, holding her back as she tries to walk, sometimes bent in half with the effort.
I don’t want to watch her, but it’s impossible to look away.
She was young not long ago, not alone, and she raised a family.
Little ones she rocked to sleep, diapers she changed, clothes she washed, shopping for teenagers, parent’s meetings and thousands of meals cooked.
A husband who had dinner on the table every night, years of waiting on people, taking care of people, loving people, and now she’s alone.
Walking is such an effort for her, it hurts me to watch. It takes her hours before she can straighten up.
Walking is such an effort for her, it hurts me to watch. It takes her hours before she can straighten up.
I don’t know how to help her.
She’s very stubborn.
She won’t use a cane or a walker. She won’t go to the doctor to see if they can fix her back because she doesn’t want anymore surgeries, she’s had so many.
Every morning she just prays that the pain is not going to last, and by the time the mail comes, she’s usually standing tall, limping a little, but standing tall, and she praises God.
That’s her morning.
I watch the old woman next door. I can’t help it.
That’s her morning.
I watch the old woman next door. I can’t help it.
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she refuses to give up, there is a lot of strength and power there
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Yes…love those thoughts. I was looking out my window and suddenly had a view of what someone would see if they watched me. Weird experience, course I had to write it down. Thanks for reading.
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This expresses how I so often used to feel watching my poor Mum’s body. Women give give give all their lives and so often the body bears the burden.
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Yes, we do. I was looking out my window and suddenly had a view of what someone would see if they watched me. Weird experience, course I had to write it down. Thanks for reading.
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Wow okay.. that explains a lot….a deep insight into aging with compassion for yourself… ❤
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Yes, writing about my pain, once removed.
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Yes its a deep conundrum
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