All his life, he secured his prized pen collection, not his money, under lock and key. His penmanship could shame printers; his signature was inimitably artful.
Today, translucence coats her eyes as she holds her husband’s shaking hand, pressing his thumb to the mortifying ink pad onto the bank form.
I lived the co-relation between the collection of pens and today's inability of him to sign the bank form.
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Oh that's so sad…it reminded me of my grandfather when he started to deteriorate from Parkinson's and felt lost as he was always a smart and independent man and suddenly had to depend on my grandma. I love the line 'translucence coats her eyes' — beautiful description!
Thanks Kalpana.
Thanks Sanch. Old age takes a person to places and levels they never no one ever imagined.
This was one of my favorites this week. "Translucence coats her eyes" and "mortifying ink pad" are wonderfully evocative. Well done! –
Thanks for visiting Hema.I stopped by your blog,its a great read!
Well done showing the effects of age and illness.
His inimitable signatures…. We always failed whenever tried..
His inimitable signatures… We always failed whenever we tried..