Letter from a mother
I am writing this letter in response to the letter of a daughter published on 22.11.04. Her mother wrote a letter with her left hand due to paralysis in her right hand. This created a lot of pain in the daughter's mind. I am 62 and I feel much pain to write with my right hand; but before leaving for a foreign country my daughter taught me how to use computer and send emails. Only by using my left hand, I now write long letters to my daughter and to other relatives as well. I have done a few academic works also by using her PC. I no longer feel neglected. Dear Ms., you can buy a laptop for your mother so that she can write many things without difficulty with her left hand even while lying on the bed. You may liberate your mom to some extent in this way.
There is no need to unnecessarily sympathise with old persons for their inability; one should rather try to make them self-sufficient so that they do not feel neglected .
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