there's no place like home

My mom is now back from the hospital. Her knee replacement surgery was a success and now she is on the road to healing. She is up walking around with her walker and feeling very proactive when it comes to exercising. She's feeling more confident at putting weight on her knee, and so more and more we are convinced that it was the right thing to do. Before we know it, she'll be back on the trails enjoying Marin County's natural beauty.

It was strange to see her in the hospital though. My mom is in excellent shape and takes good care of her body by eating right and exercising. However she is 66 years old, which is still young seeing how people live long lives these days. But eventually, she'll become more frail and will need our help, or someone's help, full-time. Thankfully, I've never seen my mom in the hospital. So during the first couple days, it was very unsettling to see her hooked up to an IV, and struggling to move her right leg, and wincing when she first had to get out of bed. I had a foreshadowing of the time when she will be old, or when I will be old, and in need of special care. Eventually our bodies and sometimes our minds will all fail. That is the nature of living things.