The 91-Year-Old’s Real Work: Keeping A Family Alive

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Written By Drew Zagorski

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For my mom’s 91st birthday, I wanted to give her an answer to a question she’s asked me more than once: Why am I still here, and what’s my job supposed to be now? So I took the matter up with God—and, following a lightning bolt to my driveway, received an official Position Description for a 91-year-old mom, gramma, and great-gramma. What follows is my gift to Ma: part satire, part love letter, and an attempt to put into words why simply being here may be one of the most important jobs our elders have left to do.

Because they are the keepers of our family histories, the voices that connect us to people and places we never knew, and the living bridge between generations. They remind us where we came from, give us the perspective only a lifetime can provide, and—after decades spent caring for everyone else—face one final assignment that may be among the hardest: allowing us to care for and love them in return. This one is for my mom on her 91st birthday, but it’s also for every mom, dad, gramma, grandpa, and elder who has ever wondered whether they still have a purpose—and for those of us who know exactly how much their presence still means.

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