Watching the aging process

Posted 2 years, 8 months ago → Categories: family and friends

In the five years that I’ve lived in my current house, we’ve had an elderly couple (lets just refer to them as H and E) live up the road from us. Occasionally my family are invited to their house for dinner, and it has occured to me, that they’ve gotten old.

When I first met them, I was nine or so, and they seemed rather sprightly for a pair in their sixties. E was always a jolly man, who enjoyed a glass of wine, and so did his wife H.

A few years ago, I was invited to H’s 70th birthday party, she didn’t even look like she was 70! For two years, I’ve watched E grow frailer and more tired than I’ve ever seen him before. He’s been sick, seriously so, with dietary restrictions placed on him and various medication given to him over the years.

In short, I’ve watched them grow old in the past two years. A combination of time and events has aged them terribly, and it’s not something I enjoy watching.

E is no longer able to eat any of H’s wonderful cooking and somehow, I cannot see H living very long without E.

It’s a terrible thing for me to watch this couple start to deteriorate.

And it makes me wonder whether the same thing is happening to my grandmother, over on the other side of the world. It almost makes me glad that if it is, I am unable to watch it, because it might be all the more painful.

  1. # Amanda, 2 years, 8 months ago.

    I really can’t cope with old age…it’s terrible to see someone you love having their spirit die a little every day simply because they don’t have the mobility and exuberance of youth anymore. I hope for H and E, that they cherish every day they have together.

  2. # Sam, 2 years, 8 months ago.

    It’s so sad seeing the process take place….

    The only thing I can say is that at least at the moment they are together, loving each other and thats what can make them happy.

  3. # Jennifer, 2 years, 8 months ago.

    Life and death, its a natural part of life, yet none of us can become ‘immune’ to it, it just kinda sad to see our loved ones slowly..and slowly…growing older :(

    Cheer up my dear :)

  4. # Mike from Dubai, 2 years, 5 months ago.

    We should understand that ageing is inevitable process. What I do, I try not to think about it and enjoy every day that I have and hope to live with such a position at any age.

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