“Mother, you need to hire someone to clean up this mess in the garden. Aren’t you embarrassed to have it look so dismal?”
“No one looks back here, Ella. I don’t have the money to hire anyone. I do what I can. . .”
“What is it now, Mother? Arthritis? Your eyes? Knees? There’s always something. You should see a doctor.”
“There’s nothing they can do for me. I’m old. You can’t cure that.”
As Ella dressed for her mother’s funeral, her daughter stood at her door. “Mother, can’t you hurry up? You’re more like Grandma every day!”
Just Writing! 
Yep, “What goes around comes around” — well stated
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twisted ending, i like it! thank you!
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Youth is no excuse. Old age even less, Beautifully done, Linda
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Thank you, Neil.
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That’s the way it goes. The inevitability of it all is quite daunting, isn’t it?
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Certainly can be. Hard habit to break.
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It comes to us all in the end.
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it’s the circle of life going here.
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Exactly. And we DO have the option of teaching our kids a better way.
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So true of life. Well done.
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Circle of life, but there’s love in this one. Thanks for sharing.
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The impatience of the impertinent youth. There is so much disrespect for the elderly these days, and yet without them, would today’s generation ever exist.
A well written piece that draws out these points.
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Thank you so much, James.
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My grandson told me to hurry up the other day – cheeky devil!
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mankind will always be that way. Abba dabba says the kettle to the pot
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The cycle of life…
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That was really clever, I loved that, read and re-read good stuff
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Thanks 🙂
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Ain’t that the truth. I find I’m more like my parents each day.
This story brought back some fond memories. It touched my heart and blessed me.
Thank you. 🙂
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You are most welcome 🙂
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A lot to learn from this…My mother used to constantly moan at the husband she now misses.
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One of the ironies of life. They drive you crazy, and then you miss them.
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Dear Linda,
And the circles they go round and round…A well written thought provoker.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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So true, you can’t cure old. It sneaks up on all of us. A thought-provoking slice of life, Linda. 🙂
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The cycle of life… Never know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
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Oh lordy… I can remember telling my mother something like that and now my kids throw it at me. So goes that circle!
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I like the transition between generations at the end.
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Exactly the point, Frank. Thanks.
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I hope I’m still young when they finally cure old. I’ve had enough people tell me to never get old. It seems to be excellent advice.
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Well, maybe, but the alternative is to die, right?
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Only until they find the cure.
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🙂
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So true to life.
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Wow, you can’t get far from your own past, in this case age… it keeps coming
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Age comes to everyone and we should be mindful of that
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Ella taught her daughter how to treat her by watching how Ella treated her own mother. Sad isn’t it how these cycles travel through generations? Good story.
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Yes, it’s very sad. And way too common.
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Oh, this is sad and so real. 😦
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Thanks, Sascha
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