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When did you first realize your parents had grown old? It's such a gradual thing that it really sneaks up on you.
For me it was when my mom meekly endured some bureaucratic altercation. She had always had a steel backbone and no reverse gear, somewhat like Thatcher, so watching her cave in like that was quite a shock to me. I realized that I no longer had a barrier troop that would not allow me to retreat in the face of adversity, all my courage now had to come from within. On the contrary, it was I who would have to look out for them from now on.
My old man's meniscus finally wore out in his early 80s, and suddenly he wasn't running down to his garden any more. That's the one thing that really drove it home that he was only going to get weaker every year, because now there were hard limits on what he could do. No more long walks, trips he had planned, or big projects we were going to do together.
He's turning 90 this year, and now that his heart is slowly starting to go he's having a harder time splitting his firewood and hoeing the smaller replacement garden patch on his front lawn. He gets overwhelmed doing his taxes now, so I took that over a few years ago.
I hope I'm splitting firewood when I'm 90. Based dad.
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