This was really well written, I truly enjoyed it. My 84 old neighbor is constantly telling me about the same war stories in Algeria, I never have the courage tell him that he already told me about it many times, I suspect that he doesn't really care as he always finishes these long winded flashbacks that often lead to nowhere, maybe that's how you remember something for that long, you keep on telling your story.
other than the deteriorating hearing that comes with the territory.
I don't know why I love this sentence, I could almost rap it haha...
Hello, thank you for your kind words, and I'm sorry this reply is so ridiculously late. I took an unplanned break from social media for a bit, and once I start breaking that break just keeps on breaking.
Yes, I am in the same boat with my grandmother. I suspect she knows her stories are on permanent repeat too, but she doesn't care. People that have made it so long in life seem to need some sort of reliable consistency, and the past is so reliably the same. I think people that make it that long in life deserve to be listened to.
I'm all ears :)