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RE: Memoirs Of A Bus Stop - Constrained Writing Entry
This reminds me of an elder man who still comes to the YMCA. He had to give up his house to live in a smaller place - it was best for him and his wife. He tells me that the old folks he stays with don't get out much. This man still drives himself to the YMCA almost everyday.
The woman you wrote about seems to be living in a more manageable place to be living alone. I think it is cool that she wants to go to the after-life in the same place Hector did.
I have met so many older people who wished they didn't have to downsize, it is such a sad and common story, people wanting to die in the place they lived but not being able to. Really they can get a new lease on life not having to manage a house far to big for them, but it must be so hard to let go. You must meet all kinds of interesting people at the YMCA, I am always blow away by the tales of 'mundane' people you meet in passing :)