Friday, December 5, 2008

Old people like to be recognized.

Not all people in this world live longer, due to various reasons. But some do, it is obvious that they show childish behavior as they grew old. This would have been inferred by most of us.
I happened to meet a good old grandma this morning. I went to their home where she lives with her daughter’s family to give something that my mom told to me. This family moved to our area only months before and to say they are really nice people.
This was my first visit, so she led me to see around their new home. After that she started to speak about, her own life right from beginning. I started to think that I was caught. But it was a surprise to me that she spoke so frankly about all those things that took place in her own life, without any kind of hesitation. It went for two hours, in the mean time we (me and granny) were given coffee two times by her daughter (aunt).
When it winds up aunt asked me whether I was bored by granny, she also added that the granny use to talk a lot like that. This bit of information made me realize the real thing behind. It is not the information that she shares with me matters, she just want someone to talk to, to say what her experience are. Since I always tried to be a listener, I am happy that she got someone today, who listens to her keenly.