AN ENIGMATIC AND POIGNANT JOURNEY AROUND MY AGEING AND EVOLVING MOTHER! PART 27.
In fact, being pragmatic, when the future is raised or discussed, my dear mother will interject by saying, 'if I am still here.'
But even more disconcertingly, my dear mother still does not exhibit or take any joy in savouring the positive, the good and happy moments of her life.
Her preoccupation always tend to be with what she does not or perceives herself as not having.
Whether that is the support of her family, her carers, and, of course, the health service.
She perceives herself to be 'taken for granted', being perceived to be 'of less value and treated less favourably than others.'
As us humans grow older, we naturally become more aware of our mortality; the fact that, as it were, death is creeping up on us.
Of course, those of us who find and will find ourselves in that situation might not know if it is a blessing or a curse.
The fact that they/us should, like those of us who, through the pain of having more time to contemplate our deaths.
By virtue of suffering from some terminal diseases or being given a judicial death sentence.
To be continued!
Her preoccupation always tend to be with what she does not or perceives herself as not having.
Whether that is the support of her family, her carers, and, of course, the health service.
She perceives herself to be 'taken for granted', being perceived to be 'of less value and treated less favourably than others.'
As us humans grow older, we naturally become more aware of our mortality; the fact that, as it were, death is creeping up on us.
Of course, those of us who find and will find ourselves in that situation might not know if it is a blessing or a curse.
The fact that they/us should, like those of us who, through the pain of having more time to contemplate our deaths.
By virtue of suffering from some terminal diseases or being given a judicial death sentence.
To be continued!
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