One way to think about aging is that you've got this list of things you can do, that you're used to doing, and with the passing of every few months you check a few things off of the list -- too dangerous, too overwhelming, simply impossible.
Of course, older folks aren't stupid. They realize when you've decided there are things they can't do by themselves any longer -- bathing, de-skinning chicken, pulling weeds around the yard, boiling some eggs. It hurts to have further and more basic things constantly taken away.
My Dad had a really rough time at the grocery store yesterday. I'm afraid "going shopping" might get crossed off the list soon.
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