Corona Virus / Covid 19 - Old Ladies & Young Minds

Covid has brought home to me that I am an old lady. Despite the obvious daily reinforcement of that fact when I look in the mirror. Despite the creaking joints & the memory lapses, I had persisted in hoping that it wasn't true. I laboured under the delusion that the fact that I am still capable of managing my own life meant that I'm not really old.

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But, dear reader, even I have to admit the truth. The face has wrinkles - a lot of wrinkles. The brain does not retain information in the way that it did. Getting up & down stairs is increasingly difficult. There is a distict tendency to drop off to sleep when reading or watching TV - however interesting the book or the programme is. The body is getting flabby.

There is hope though. I can enjoy the company of others. I can listen, support, console & offer advice. (Hopefully reasonably sparingly). I can be a part of the lives of others, if they will have me.

I can also enjoy doing things which give me pleasure. Joy of joys, I can also say no - I would prefer not to do that. Having always been a "good girl". Having always done what I was told & put others first, I can now, to a certain extent, please myself.

Although I can't remember, I can continue learning & expanding my mind. So long as I know how to access the information, when, rather than if, I forget it. I'm on a roll, because I'm learning what interests me. What matters to me. I have time, especially now that Covid has taken away almost all the things that I did B.C.

You have to be positive. You have to find the good in a situation, however difficult that might be. You have to keep an young, open, mind.