No, this is not a post about this bloggers age, but rather one about dealing with the ageing of parents. They say that baby boomers have problems at 'both ends' of the age spectrum.
They have children who are leaving home, getting married and establishing their own homes while at the same time their parents, who are living longer, are moving into retirement and care villages.
We love having parents still around and they in turn enjoy being great-grandparents, even though its hard to get them together.
The dilemma comes when you can see your parents ageing but because they're your parents its uncomfortable to start telling them or even suggesting what they should do. After all, for the first 16 or so years of our life, they told you what to do.
One of the realisations you soon come to is you do need to let them manage their own lives, provided they are medically able to do so.
Our parents have a good circle of friends who look out for each other, which is comforting.
We know that the day will come when we will need to make decisions for them, but like we do with our children, we need to let our parents continue to live their own lives.
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