Parent And Child

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Unsteady mother moved around
on a walking frame. Also in
her beloved little hatchback
painted in long silver and yellow
streaks across its body, with
BUZZ in bright red capitals
along each side.

Until she had a heavy fall,
landing hard on one side,
cracking ribs and pelvis on
the other side. time in hospital.
…… Frustration !!

Two weeks boredom in her
retirement village flat, after
moving in two weeks late.
Keeping still – it hurt to move,
Pain and sleep medication.
…… Very Fed Up !!!

Daughter refused to bring BUZZ
car to village from her home !!
Driving not allowed while
on all that medication.

Big sorting out between
mother and daughter !!!

Mother exhausted rest of the day.

Taxis to and from shopping plaza,
walking frame in the boot.



Parent And Child

8 thoughts on “Parent And Child”

    1. I know that this daughter and her husband both work full time away from home, and still have three teenage children at school. It is hard to know just how this works in 2121 when I am fully retired and had no children of my own. And I do not know how much driving they manage to do for their children. The parents here are referred as being in the “sandwich generation”. They have to care for both their children and their parents. Time will tell in this instance.

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  3. It’s very hard sometimes for those in this sandwich trap and there are so many of them. Your poem captures both sides of this story though: I feel the frustration of the mother too as she longs to escape from immobility. You’ve caught the whole thing so well.

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    1. Thank you so much. Yes it is hard for the daughter to keep her mother safe. and her mother resents it. I used to talk to the mother the first two weeks she was here, when we were in very strict lockdown. Given what the mother said to me about her condition and her medication I really felt she should not be driving.

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