Old age is like childhood

My mother is 80 years. She stays with my sister and her family back in India. I call her up 2 to 3 times in a week to check on her. She has a few health issues and needs good attention, which by God's grace my sister takes very good care of her. The only challenge we face with her is, she is very fussy about food. She behaves like a child when it comes to food, every time when I call her, I take an account of what all she has eaten. My sister and her husband are at work whole day, so when they are back home they take account of what all she has eaten, but there are times when she conveniently gives them stories and gets her way out.

Today morning I was talking to her, and she was telling me about her recent test reports and doctor's visit and they are not very good :-( and the main reason behind it is lack of proper nutrition, she is underweight and some of the complications are due to not enough strength in her body. She feels it's ok, she keeps telling me that now she is so old, so all of this is ok and bound to take place. I had to give a big lecture to her because I do not think that sickness should be associated with old age. If you are old it does not mean that you have to be with ill health. She listened to me for sometime but then after that, she was like ok ok and tried to change the topic.

I feel that old age is just like childhood, from adulthood you go into reverse mode again in childhood and your actions start becoming like that as of a child. They become stubborn, they do not want to listen to anyone, they want their way out. Sometimes I think, will I also become like that in old age? I tell my son that when I grow old and if he sees me going in that mode then he should not entertain me and be stern with me on doing things what are required to be done. He laughs at me and says, mom you are like that now only and no one can manage you, so you think I will be able to manage you that time....haha.

I feel that I am blessed that my mother is still with me, but I want to see her in good health and not ill and fragile. She is the only one of the senior citizen lot in my family, I value her presence and I want her to be with us for as long as possible and I want her to be in good condition and for that if I have to be strict with her then I would not hesitate, though my hubby does not like me doing that.

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