80+ Baby

How Old are you?

80+baby

How come?

Well babies need looking after.?

So?

At 80 and beyond you need looking after. Most of your limbs are not as strong as they used to be.

Well.

We are looked after by our children, who take very good care of us. Sometimes I think we might be a drag on them but they don’t think that way. They wish to keep us with them so that they keep watch on us. Lucky they take so much care of us. This puts us under certain constraints. How can we respond to their love?

So?

We have to adjust to their style of living as we are in their house. It is a nice home with most of the creature comforts available. More important: a lot of love and affection is showered on us. But our friends and relations are too far away and we miss them. We cannot entertain them as they are not here but several thousand miles away

So?

On the whole it is not hard. We are happy being looked after, safe from trouble and illness. The attitude is ‘ have fun while it lasts ‘ My children take on our small problems, finding the right care, the doctors for us, even finding compatible people to mix with. God be praised.