My mom was invincible to me so I overlooked so many of these things, making excuses for them; we were traveling, she was jet lagged, etc. We were in Edinburgh when she looked at me and said, "I can't keep walking. I'm done." I've never hailed a cab so fast in my life. That trip in 2019 was when I finally saw it. She wasn't the super hero that I always saw her as... she was slowing down.
It's so hard. Honestly good for you for hailing a cab; I once told my dad there was no elevator in the Arc de triomphe because I thought he should be walking more! Really wish could've bottled the energy he had back then and given it back to him when walking around Publix became too hard. Sending you love as you reflect on this stuff! <3
I think I was more pissed that cancer took her determination and energy. I remember being so mad. She said she could get up the stairs to the apartment we rented and for me to go ahead. We had separate rooms. That night she fell and tried calling me but my phone was on silent. I never heard her call for me. She got herself back up, but I've felt guilty about it since then.
My mom was invincible to me so I overlooked so many of these things, making excuses for them; we were traveling, she was jet lagged, etc. We were in Edinburgh when she looked at me and said, "I can't keep walking. I'm done." I've never hailed a cab so fast in my life. That trip in 2019 was when I finally saw it. She wasn't the super hero that I always saw her as... she was slowing down.
It's so hard. Honestly good for you for hailing a cab; I once told my dad there was no elevator in the Arc de triomphe because I thought he should be walking more! Really wish could've bottled the energy he had back then and given it back to him when walking around Publix became too hard. Sending you love as you reflect on this stuff! <3
I think I was more pissed that cancer took her determination and energy. I remember being so mad. She said she could get up the stairs to the apartment we rented and for me to go ahead. We had separate rooms. That night she fell and tried calling me but my phone was on silent. I never heard her call for me. She got herself back up, but I've felt guilty about it since then.