Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Coronavirus: Liliana is not Afraid


My mother-in-law, Liliana, in a photo taken a few days ago. She is 99 years old, a few months to 100. She tends to forget things, a little, but her mind still works reasonably well. She stays in her living room, she knits, she watches TV, she plays with her great-granddaughter. 

Liliana knows about the coronavirus, I am not sure if she exactly understands what's going on, but she doesn't seem to be worried at all. Would you be, in her place? She saw a world war, many smaller wars, her city bombed, her boyfriend wounded in war, the great flood of Florence in 1966, and much more. She had three children, four grandchildren, and now she has two great-granddaughters.

Virus or not, life goes on and there are things we can do nothing about. And so, we go on living.





2 comments:

  1. No hay que tener miedo, estrecha los alveolos, y es cuando uno está perdido.
    Viva Liliana!

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  2. Great post, thanks for sharing it

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