Honey, I don't need that yet!
I hear it all the time, “Honey, I don’t need that yet!” I want to say, “Honey, oh yes you do!!” Who would say that to me? Seniors, of course. Wonderful, proud, independent people of a certain age. What age might that be? Well, somewhere in the neighborhood of “My body is 85 but inside I’m still 50, but my body just doesn’t know it yet,” (wink, wink). I’m famous for saying, “I’m not 25 anymore” when in fact, inside, I think I’m still in my 30’s, but my body…well, I’m not telling you (wink, wink). Quite often I hear their reasoning: I’m healthy; I don’t want to wear a big, ugly thing around my neck (grandma’s medical alert); my daughter/son calls me every day to check on me; I can get to the phone or to the pull cord if I do need help; a caregiver comes in for a few hours every other day; I live with my daughter (no mention of her working all day). What’s not being said: I’m not that old yet; I don’t want to admit that I might need help; I don’t want to l...