The last few days have given me great insight about life. Mom continues to be on a shaky wicket in that her appetite seems to have eluded her. Is it the result of the fairly insistent course of antibiotics, I wonder? Or is it that there's a residual fever, deep within, which is killing her need to eat? Her doctor has given a tonic to turn the tables and it's my fond hope that it works before I cast off for Thiruvananthapuram.
And yes, I was gonna talk about life's cycle. Let's take the case of a baby girl, as an example. The kid is dependent on her parents, during her formative years with an affinity towards the father to whom she confides with all her requirements. This undergoes a slight variation when she metamorphoses into a woman, when the mother becomes her confidante for setting aside 'purely girlie doubts' that she's uncomfortable asking her father about, but he continues to remain her hero!
Then comes marriage and a life with her man wherein they raise their own family. Life begins to center around the two of them and the children they sire. Though the father continues to be an important figure in her life, the focus would have shifted to the husband for taking important decisions for her family.
Life goes on and the children have acquired the stature to live their own individual lives and set up their families, facilitated by the parents. And as age advances, the parents usually end up staying with or within the vicinity of their children for life's intricate needs.
........My mom has been with me for over a year. And over the last few days, she's been dependent on me for toweling her hair dry after bath, putting on the safety pins and the hooks of her blouse, wearing of the sandals, taking medicines at appropriate times, moving up and down the stairs - once in the morning and once in the evening - and finally, for tucking her to bed for the night. Lekha isn't called as she's invariably caught up with some household chores!
Tailpiece.
Life's inevitable cycle that one has to go through!
And yes, I was gonna talk about life's cycle. Let's take the case of a baby girl, as an example. The kid is dependent on her parents, during her formative years with an affinity towards the father to whom she confides with all her requirements. This undergoes a slight variation when she metamorphoses into a woman, when the mother becomes her confidante for setting aside 'purely girlie doubts' that she's uncomfortable asking her father about, but he continues to remain her hero!
Then comes marriage and a life with her man wherein they raise their own family. Life begins to center around the two of them and the children they sire. Though the father continues to be an important figure in her life, the focus would have shifted to the husband for taking important decisions for her family.
Life goes on and the children have acquired the stature to live their own individual lives and set up their families, facilitated by the parents. And as age advances, the parents usually end up staying with or within the vicinity of their children for life's intricate needs.
........My mom has been with me for over a year. And over the last few days, she's been dependent on me for toweling her hair dry after bath, putting on the safety pins and the hooks of her blouse, wearing of the sandals, taking medicines at appropriate times, moving up and down the stairs - once in the morning and once in the evening - and finally, for tucking her to bed for the night. Lekha isn't called as she's invariably caught up with some household chores!
Tailpiece.
Life's inevitable cycle that one has to go through!
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