Today was leg day again. I messed around and grabbed the wrong jacket out of the car and ended up with the Minis. Don't ask me why I didn't register a lack of cloth I'll freely admit I was in a hurry. When I noticed I went about my business but it got me to thinking. The only groups of people where it is requested to put their name in their clothes are small children and elderly people in nursing homes. They're the most vulnerable too. The smile on my daughters face everyday reminds me of my grandmother's smirk when we'd trade quips back and forth
"You've gotten fat"
"You've gotten old"
We'd laugh and laugh and listen to the smooth Jazz on the preview channel in companionable silence afterwards.
My daughter also reminds me of the last times I saw my grandmother unfortunately. When she's tired and cranky in the car after a long day out.
"I want to go home!" She'll scream.
I can tell you from first hand experience, you NEVER want to hear that from the mouth of someone at the end of their life.
They aren't talking about that house they gave up to their middle daughter who junked it up hoarding from a deep rooted food insecurity.
They're talking about the warm embrace of a woman they haven't seen in 60 years that reeked of peppermint, BlueMagic, and snuff.
"You will be home soon" is the only correct answer in either case.
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