The fluttering calendar says it has been three months since she lost her balance and tumbled down the stairs, and Francisco has nursed and taken care of her during this phase.
“Come on, discard the walker. You can walk on your own two feet.”
“These feet don’t feel like mine anymore.”
“You need to use them to get them back in your system, just like your self-esteem.”
“Will you be there for me if I fall again?”
“Maybe, but I don’t want you to need a crutch – a divorce isn’t the end of the world, just one phase of life.”
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Losing one’s physical balance often results in loss of one’s psychological balance. One must be reconciled with the other. A task more difficult for some, than others, to achieve.
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Life presents different type of challenges and expects us to upgrade our responses.
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“…just one phase of life.” Quite right!!
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Thanks, Chris! 🙂
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A divorce is like two people losing their balance. Nice presentation of it as falling down a stairs.
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Thank you, Frank!
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Confidence, once shaken is hard to restore
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It takes time.
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True.
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Hi Reena, this loss of confidence is a very real thing when elderly people fall.
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You are right. A guy in his twenties who got a foot amputated due to cancer reported the same thing. But later, he was walking so naturally on an artificial limb that no one could make out.
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💝
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