Disillusioned yet happy and hopeful
I use food delivery platforms. Mainly to order vegetarian meals for my mum. Convenient, yes. But, not always straightforward. Like most things, I guess. My mum is the end user. I place the orders. She knows nothing about ordering online via a mobile phone or computer. She doesn’t want to know. She’s never been one […]
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‘Living with yourself’ is an eight-episode TV show on Netflix. I remember watching a bit of the first episode and giving up on it quite quickly. I chose it only because of Paul Rudd. I liked him in ‘Friends’ and then as ‘Ant-Man.’ To me, he is an unassuming, likeable hero. Not quite a Chris […]
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I’ve had a 5-2 week for the last seven weeks. 5N/5D at my mum’s and 2N/2D with my husband. Sounds like a holiday or travel package. Not quite. I live with my mum at her condo 5N/5D. My week with her starts on Sunday at 9pm and ends on Friday at 9pm. Brothers number 1 […]
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It’s August 2022. A year on and my mum is coming along as well as can be expected. I am super grateful. This time last year, my mum’s health took a turn. It all began after she had fallen off her queen-sized bed on 10 August. As she sat on the floor at the foot […]
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I Googled the respiratory, pulmonary and circulatory systems. I think I learnt a fair bit from various websites about how the three systems keep me ticking along. Nothing warranted the online search. I did it out of interest. Strangely, that made me think about my school days, and biology. And, other subjects that I studied […]
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For no good reason I thought of the contraptions and gadgets I have bought and discarded over the years. Top of mind were my rather large android phone with a stylus pen, a PDA aka Personal Digital Assistant, an activity tracker like a Fitbit, an abdominal roller, stationery exercise bike and porridge soup cooker. I […]
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In the midst of splitting/cutting my mum’s prescription pills, I became aware of how efficient my pill cutter was. All I had to do was place the pills or tablets centrally under its sharp blade. Whack and there were two equal halves. Each time I used it, I couldn’t help but be reminded of a […]
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Sister number 2 left last Tuesday. She arrived from Sydney on 1 June, almost 2 months ago, to be with our mum and care for her. I miss her as does our mum. I’m not sure if sister number 2 was fully aware of the extent of caring required for our mum. I’m also not […]
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I’m guilty. Of not seeing, of not noticing, of not paying too much attention. I’m also guilty. Of not engaging. Of not asking questions. Of lacking interest. I’m more aware and empathetic now but still have a way to go despite becoming an older person myself. For sure, old and older people weren’t born wrinkly, grey, […]
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I had my first caravan park/camp holiday with my husband and mum-in-law last week. I have heard so much about it that I was quite looking forward to it. My husband always spoke fondly of the many holidays he had had with his parents and sister. I think, for him, it was the childhood memory […]
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