Wednesday 19 February 2020

The sunset years


Visited mom on the weekend. She lives an hour away and I try to visit at least once a week. Mom had a stroke on June 2 last year and spent some time in the hospital and rehabilitation and was released on August 8. I drop in and pick up some groceries and do whatever odd jobs that need to be done. Mom gets around with the assistance of a walker. See has some home care so she is looked after during the week. Mom is seventy-eight. She will add to that total in December.

Mom asked me to take her car for a run since it has sat for months. I had tried to do that for her several times earlier in the months prior however for some weird reason she was against it. She lives in an apartment style condo and has heated covered parking. She does not have to worry about someone stealing her car at the moment: I discovered the battery is dead. I have cables and a charger, I did not have them with me at the time.

She has a 2012 KIA Soul with less than 40,000km on it and is in excellent condition. She is one of those seniors with a vehicle that is hardly driven. This coming weekend I will try to bring it back to life and take it for a run. I do not think mom will drive again, for which I am somewhat grateful as her driving makes me nervous. I do not think she wants to drive again. It is understandable, what she went through had to be scary. She is doing okay. We will see what the spring and summer months bring.

6 comments:

  1. Your mother is very fortunate to have a caring son like you. I can relate as I am close to her age and find it more and more difficult to do things that I took for granted in the past.

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  2. I don't suppose she would be willing to sell the car yet.

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  3. The above picture is beautiful. And you are a very good son.

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  4. Her car is in a nice safe place until she is ready to sell it, that's the main thing. I like that photo very much.

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  5. You are a good son.

    It was difficult for my dad when he finally gave up his car. His mind was still sharp, but his legs were giving out on him.

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  6. Giving up driving is one of the last links to freedom and I know how difficult it can be. My friend (now over 90) has recently given up her car and I'm finding out just how much she relied on it, because now I'm the designated driver. Glad to hear your Mom is doing well.

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