My Sister -- a Poem for Her -- for a dVerse Prosetics and Friday Writings
Little Sister,
Labels: A Tribute, dVerse, Family, Fiction, Humor, Lois, Poem, Story
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Little Sister,
Labels: A Tribute, dVerse, Family, Fiction, Humor, Lois, Poem, Story
17 Comments:
It is hard to give up driving unless you live in a place where it works better without a car.
I’d love to know what your little sister thinks of this poem, Jim! I think I’m already driving like a Senior, as I don’t do it so often, but I can’t get anywhere without a car as there is no public transport. We have to drive to get to a bus or a railway station. I think I need that dog.
Love the humour of this! And the dog at the end - surprisingly true.
The above from Petru
I just love this Jim, so full of humour and love 💞
A great take on the prompt, Jim. It is really hard to give up driving - you lose a big part of your independence and I think it is scary for most people... would be for me.
Even in Washington it's hard for some people to give up driving.
Let's just say...I comment on the way other people drive only when they're making me so scared I'm willing to drive instead.
Aging does make driving more precarious. Your photo says it all! Well done.
Some lighter moments which may ring true for many oldies! Having a dog is more of an assurance! But they can be a real help in known cases. Great write Dr Jim!
Hank
I have a hard enough time finding my keys without hiding them from myself.😂
I myself am at the stage where I choose not to drive very far out of our little town any more! I could if I had to, but see little need ... and petrol costs have risen....
The perfect image to accompany the poetry!! Once upon a time I 'tried' telling my mother, who was in early to mid stage Alzheimer's that it might be time to give up driving, she lived in a very small town and would have had rides anywhere she needed to go ... for the first AND ONLY time in our lives, she practically screamed at me: "I'm the Mother. You're the Daughter" ... I never mentioned it again. It wasn't long after that, circumstances required she leave her little cottage home on sixteen acres, in the middle of nowhere Missouri, I brought her to live with my son and me in Florida.
Tough if you don't have public transport easily accessible. Luckily, we can manage quite comfortably here without driving ...will be hard to just stop one day if you're used to it.
LOL. I have a pet who would get very fidgety when I took to the wheels. Now I don't drive.
I've never learned to drive a car, or wanted too. Let's hear it for Public Transport! :-)
The hardest thing we ever had to do was gently take the keys from dad. In the end it was a mutual agreement, but life changing, just the same. I love that dog!
You have written a wonderful portrait of the results of aging,
with humor and style!
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