I went to my 88-year-old grandmother’s house this morning to do their washing. She has been looking after my aunt for the last few years. My aunt tried to commit suicide a few times and the poison she took damaged her brain. She can’t taste smell or feel anything. My grandmother has five collapsed vertebra due to osteoporosis and the pain has become so bad that she can’t sleep at night, she is basically in bed all the time.
She outright refuses to leave my aunt alone to be admitted to hospital to get the necessary help. My mom is at her wit’s end, nothing she suggests is good enough. I have to admit, I get upset with her at times as she is so stubborn and we are just trying to help her.
This morning when I got there, my grandmother got up to get my aunt some cream soda as she is not drinking enough and needs to drink. There is not much left of the nurturing and loving grandmother who once been the heart of the family. She could barely get up and as she was slowly moving towards the kitchen my heart just melted. I realised that she is not just stubborn, but she loves her child so much that she will protect her daughter for as long as she can even if it means to be in the unbearable pain.
We will probably do the same for our children. We are mothers for life……..
