Pills…Pills…Pills…
Posted on | April 1, 2010 | Comments Off
Unfortunately for many elderly people, one might enter their home and find pill bottles on their counters, in their cabinets, on the night stands, in purses, bags, boxes and anywhere else they can possibly be stuck, shoved or dropped. Pills are often taken out of their bottles and placed into various containers including those little boxes with SMTWTFS on them, or those with pretty designs to hide their contents. They’ve even been found emptied into antique sugar bowls with tiny little spoons inserted for easy dispensing. The pills *may* or may not belong to the resident of the home. They could be a friend or family member’s, or a concerned neighbor’s. (Neighbor’s are the best, aren’t they?)
She sat quietly looking at her own SMTWTFS pillbox with some level of disgust. She wasn’t elderly, things just didn’t go as she’d hoped in life. And she’d be looking at swallowing the contents (or some similar cocktail) of said box on a daily basis for the rest of hers. That alone was enough to make one miserable and depressed.
She looked out the window to distract herself from the evil little pillbox and noticed the red buds were taking on leaf form. Even the “stick” planted out front was getting some buds. The beautiful tree that had resided in that very spot previously was torn out for having naughty roots. It seemed such a shame and the replacement was just that…a “stick” compared to the previous glorious tree. So sad. But maybe there would be a fantastic photo if and when this “stick” flowered….
She wondered about her friend… (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!) She imagined what it would be like to be so talented and to have the gift to be able to create something beautiful… And then to know someone put that on and FELT beautiful. That is an awesome gift. How cool it is to have her as a friend, she thought.
She used to have a job she loved…but things don’t always work out the way we planned.
She looked at that hideous pillbox again. Why can’t they just fix me…
Sadness can overwhelm anyone, anywhere, anytime. Sure, some might say that you should just be grateful that you aren’t “insert this that or the other horrible thing here” but you know what? Everyone feels their own pain. Everyone struggles. Everyone has their own battles. And things don’t always work out as we planned…
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