Stories related to elderly

Sweet Rememberings

Nell lives on the third step of the home and gives boiled sweets to strangers. They tell her she was a teacher. She shrugs and asks, “Who?”

Quest

The photo on the website didn’t show the many steps leading down to the cabin. With trepidation I began my descent, aging yet adventurous.

Ways to Forget

He repeated his name for her, but she simply stared ahead, motionless. He watched their past disintegrate behind her eyes.

The Christmas Spirit

Grandma got run over by a bus and I can’t stop thinking about that stupid song.

Retirement

The rest home was like grade school: Needed permission for the bathroom, to stay up, to eat what she wanted. Thus, Pearl threw a tantrum.

Waiting to Exhale

Karen felt sucked into the tornado of her own To-Do list and knew she would be happy when she got to the end of it. But at 85, she was not.