July 6, 2013

I went to visit my great grandmother, who is 90 years old. She is my mother’s father’s mother. A few days ago, she fell and broke her leg. The rate of decaying calcium is faster than the rate of increasing calcium because she didn’t intake enough calcium from external sources regularly. That might explain why her leg broke so easily when she fell. She was on a wheelchair and rested her leg on a small stall. I sat down next to her at the dinner table. She didn’t show any sign of pain. Her leg looked a lot better now, even though she was still unable to get up from the wheelchair. During dinner time, many relatives encouraged her to eat more to strengthen her thin and pale arms and legs. I looked at her, tried to speak some poor Taiwanese, and tried to get her to eat more. Although I didn’t think that I got my message to her, she smiled back at me and began to eat her vegetables. I am regretful that I didn’t learn Taiwanese language fluently when I was young, but all the memories we shared together will always connect me and my family.