Saturday, December 21, 2013

Life and Family

The admission of mum to an acute hospital ward last night is difficult  not least for her and dad . She is 97 years old and dad who is at home  is also  in his 90s.

Human frailty affects us all but in these sad times an  encouragement and in a strange way reassurance, despite such worries, is how all  mum and dad's sons, daughters, brothers and sisters are trying to rally round.

The difficulties are more acute for dad and a younger sister who lives at home with the aged Ps but other family members  at least can try and do, help to some extent to share their worries which at the same time in a strange way, ameliorates their/my own.



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