When you see my ignorance on new technologies... give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking3 smile... I taught you how to do so many things...to eat good, to dress well... to confront life...
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread ofour conversation... let me have the necessary time to remember... and if I cannot do it, do not be nervous... as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me...
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.
When my tired legs do not allow me walk... give me your hand... the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live anymore... that I want to die... do not get angry... some day you will understand... Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived4.
Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you...
You must not feel sad, angry or impotent5 for seeing me near you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living. Help me to walk... help me to end my way with love and patience. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.