Old Age Takes Pity On No One
Lest you think I consider my father a burden, I don't. It's just if all I wrote about were unicorns and rainbows, both you and I would be bored. Besides, I find everything my father does incredibly entertaining. Maybe not at the time, but when I look back. You know the saying, "I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you."? Well, I'm not laughing at my father, because I'm just like him. I'm laughing with him, because I can see what the future has in store for me. Old age takes pity on no one. One of the reasons we bought the house we're living in now is because it had a small guest house in the front where we knew my father could live and have his privacy. It was a way of him keeping his independence, and yet letting us keep an eye on him at the same time. In his home away from home he has his own TV with its own satellite signal. Now that I think about it, his TV gets more stations than mine does. He has a radio/CD player. Telep...