My first blog for this assignment will reference Recommendation #5: "Ask questions that encourage a parent to deal with what may be bothering her in the present and from the past."
This portion of the manuscript stood out to me simply because I find myself following this recommendation rather frequently when conversing with my mother. Although she is not yet a member of the elderly population, it will not be long before she reaches that point in her life. As she struggles with the emotions associated with her outlook the process of aging in general, I serve as an emotional crutch. She truly does seek validation of her feelings on a daily basis. The part about her renditions of events continually changing rings true to my mother as well. She prides herself on having an "amazing" memory though. while my father and I have put two & two together and learned not to correct her or cut off her story before she's finished it, my two older brothers have not been so bright. If they have heard the story one time already, the both of them will cut her off and get an attitude within second of her beginning to speak. I elected to share this passage of the manuscript with my father and my brothers. Hopefully my siblings will catch on!!
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