today we were shown some videos on caregivers for the chronically ill. It's very touching to see old couples still living together and caring for each other. In sickness and in health... how many of us will be lucky enough to find someone we care enough to marry? how many of us will be happily married? will we be lucky enough to find someone to care for us even when we are sick? suffering from dementia, unable to care for ourselves, unable to recognise the people around us, will our partner still care for us?

And how about our children? you see so many elderly being abandoned in the nursing homes and hospitals because they are too caught up in their lives. i'm guilty of it myself actually. My grandmother is living with me now. I hardly talk to her even though we live under the same roof. Although i try to talk to her like telling her i'm leaving the house, call her to eat when i'm having dinner, i don't have long conversations with her...