Elusive Immortality

[liliths_fire]

Out of the blue, I decided to call my parents to ask my father a question, and my mom answered telling me that he's in the hospital again. Not even a month ago he was in there, and now he is again. She tells me it's no big deal, that the doctors just have to find the right amount of medication to give him, but it's eating at my nerves

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[semprestaccato]

Hello! I discovered your journal on WB and just had to comment on this. It very nearly made me cry. My father seems to be very much like your own. He's always the one to go to with problems, a good shoulder to cry on, something my mother never quite mastered.

"...now every time I look at him, I'm aware that he's not the eternally present father I used to believe him to be when we were all younger."

A bunch of years ago my dad was diagnosed with arthritis. It's gotten slightly worse over the years and now, towards the end of the day, I often see him walking with a limp. I hate this. It always reminds me that, while he is my father, he's not invinsible.

I hope your father's going to be alright.

Moineau/SempreStaccato

Thank you, Moineau

[liliths_fire]

Moineau,

I appreciate your words very much. And I've seen you around quite a bit on WB. I can relate to that feeling when your father limps. When my dad threw his back out, I had to go home and take him to the doctor and to get prescriptions. It was the strangest thing to have to open and close car doors for him, help him stand, walk slowly beside him...

Because inside, he's still that strong, enormously safe father who protected me as a child, you know?

so I assume from this you have your own journal--I'm at work right now and can't go to lj to look...using my email to reply to this. I'll try to check it out over the weekend.

Again, thank you. Your words mean a lot, as I'm sure you realize.

Lilith