Udo Bucher, Mum (PEOPLE 2022)

We will all get old. Health and loneliness can be our friend or our enemy. Mental health, attitude, resilience and a stoic fortitude make a huge difference to the way we will cope. Here, I've told the story of a part of my Mum's life. She has severe degeneration of her spine, yet she lives alone with a minimum of home care. She fills her days with reading, knitting, TV and basic living needs. Thank God for her cat who provides constant companionship and love in a feline way. And despite the constancy of her world she has a smile for every visitor when they come.

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