That may work for them, but not my grandma. She just turned 98! I couldn’t fathom teaching her to use a minimalist, multifunction, touch sensitive remote… let alone how to navigate multiple, terrible UI’s. It’s the only reason my parents still have conventional cable.
Thank you for your praise and understanding. My family and I do what we can to ensure she’s comfortable and taken care of. Her husband, my grandpa, passed in '94. We like to joke that she sapped his life force in order to carry on. Sometimes she starts talking to us in Tagalog, but I’m a second gen half-breed who never learned the language outside of important food items. It’s an adventure, if nothing else.
That’s very kind and heartwarming to hear. Thankfully, my mother and other relatives are quite the archivists. There is no end to the pictures, scrapbooking, and a few series of videos about “adventures with GG.” What she does try to get across, we listen. I’ll hold onto what memories I can, as I have with my long-gone grandfather. Bit of a scoundrel and card shark, from what I’ve learned and remember. Had a regular game a couple nights a week (one of my uncles was an easy mark). Late dinners of excellent Filipino food GG prepared. Thank you for bringing up those memories.
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