My mum

When a person reaches 80, I think the person becomes a child. My mum for example now behaves like a child! She wants to walk and her legs won't support her. The real reason is that she is not able to move due to fear. Yes, fear. She has become very frightened nowadays to move herself. She feels somehow she is unable to move. Today I tried to move her standing behind her on the bed and trying to bodily lift her holding her arms. No avail! She is unable to move an inch. She says her waist is not supporting her to get up from the bed and stand. She wanted to know whether the doctor can give some medicine to make her lift her waist so that she can stand and walk! Highly unfortunate for a lady who was always moving around so freely even at 75 years, today she is bed ridden. I was teasing her that she does want some or the other person to serve her and she has no desire to move or walk. She tried to disprove it by trying to stand. No chance! today I felt that she is going to be permanently in bed till her last breath. Very painful to see her and I have no choice. I can't run away and let the whole burden to fall on my wife. She looks after her like her own mother and there is no trace of irritation. She could have avoided serving her. After all many daughters in law never bother about their in laws. But I am lucky .. no my mother is lucky to have her.