不是老人变坏了 而是坏人变老了
<p><span word="ABOUT">ABOUT</span> 18 <span word="months">months</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="my">my</span> 97-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="grandmother">grandmother</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dinner">dinner</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="friends">friends</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="Nanna">Nanna</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="car">car</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="tripped">tripped</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="Shirley">Shirley</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="cane">cane</span>, <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pavement">pavement</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="elbow">elbow</span>. <span word="Back">Back</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="headed">headed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kitchen">kitchen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="dessert">dessert</span> — “<span word="and">and</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="leg">leg</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="crumpled">crumpled</span>.”大约一年半前，97岁的外婆和几个朋友外出用餐。外婆下车时，绊到朋友雪莉(<span word="Shirley">Shirley</span>)的手杖，摔到人行道上，肘部重重地摔了一下。她回到家，去厨房拿甜点时发现“左腿有点不对劲”。<span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="ordered">ordered</span> <span word="X">X</span>-<span word="rays">rays</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span>. <span word="After">After</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="therapy">therapy</span>, <span word="Nanna">Nanna</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="she">she</span>’<span word="d">d</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>. <span word="After">After</span> 30 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Florida">Florida</span>, 28 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="widow">widow</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="insisting">insisting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="she">she</span>’<span word="d">d</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="native">native</span> <span word="Michigan">Michigan</span> <span word="was">was</span> “<span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="box">box</span>,” <span word="Nanna">Nanna</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="older">older</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span>, <span word="my">my</span> <span word="Aunt">Aunt</span> <span word="Marlene">Marlene</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sunny">sunny</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Detroit">Detroit</span>.医生给她拍了<span word="X">X</span>光片，但没看出什么问题。治疗两周后，外婆出院了，这时她已做了一个决定。她在佛罗里达住了30年，其中28年是寡居，大部分时候她坚称，她只有“在骨灰盒里”才会回到故乡密歇根，但是现在她让大女儿、我的姨妈马琳(<span word="Marlene">Marlene</span>)给她在底特律附近找一个阳光灿烂的地方。<span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="summer">summer</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="independent">independent</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="facility">facility</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="activities">activities</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="kitchen">kitchen</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="eat">eat</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="meals">meals</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dining">dining</span> <span word="hall">hall</span>. <span word="After">After</span> <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="unpack">unpack</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="settle">settle</span> <span word="in">in</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phone">phone</span>. <span word="How">How</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="going">going</span>?去年夏天，她搬进了一个独立生活机构，这里提供一系列服务和各种活动。她有自己的公寓，里面有个厨房，不过她也可以在食堂用餐。在她安顿好几天后，我给她打了个电话，问她过得怎么样。</p>
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