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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.
When I overheard another pair of doctors telling each other "SMH's dad is a good surgeon, but he just can't keep up the speed he used to. You should have seen the way he operated 15 years ago." Or when I saw him reduce his working hours/caseload from 'insane' to 'more than I would personally care for' as he just couldn't physically stand around for >12 hours a day.
Human fluid intelligence declines from 25 onwards, but your accumulated skills and knowledge compensate till your 40s. After that, your body and brain will give out eventually. Thankfully my parents have their wits about them, and being doctors, are capable of attending to their own health.
Yah, I remember stuff I used to do for fun in my early 20's. Like folding an origami icosahedron from first principles during my lunch break. It's probably easier to repeat this than I think, but I wouldn't do stuff like this for fun today.
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