Independent Forever!
Seeing that in the subject line in a recent email, of course, caused me to open it right up. Anything appealing to my “You’re not the boss of me!” streak gets my full attention every time.
But lately it has made me just plain mad. These emails promising independence are just ads…….for motorized wheelchairs. Still others, are for those spiffy little carts that allow you to shop with a basket on your motorized “indpendence device”.
Clearly, they have me confused with someone else.
Or, are they just confused altogether about the market they are going after? Believe it or not, anyone over 50, might still possess the capacity to walk upright. And, maybe to even think for themselves without drooling.
As some of you know, I have been interviewing women, approaching and over fifty, who have made the decision to be ever-evolving with their lives, who have created completely new chapters…..novels, even…..about what’s next and next and next for them and their families and friends. They are on the move, inspired and energetic, resourceful and resilient, and ready for anything. Their very nature screams “INDEPENDENT!” They are fully functioning without battery packs or motorized anythings.
Sometimes a good dose of $#*&% fires up my engines. So, any one of you who is motivated by anger, may find these email/wheelchair ads just the stuff for the next leap off a tall building. Shall I forward them to you?
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Perfect timing…my mom was diagnosed with dementia and mobility, driving, even walking are being evaluated, restricted and compromised. She is mad…mad as hell. She is daring any one any where to muck up her independence. She says I am going die anyway, let me die doing what makes me happy.
I think that a strong woman’s life depends on her independence. Literally! if you compromise that she starts to diminish. I celebrate the stubborn woman who has to much fire in her belly to be retricted by anything or anyone…
I just pray I’m not on the road when she forgets where the brake pedal is or where she needs to go. My mother in law is also suffering from dementia and didn’t want to lose her license but had it taken from her by the state because she caused an accident when she forgot to stop for a stop sign.