invisible old people

When I looked to the side of the road on the corner, and right before the view disappeared while making the abrupt turn, I saw her, an older lady, not too old, dressed in a big wide round house robe.. she was very round.. sitting on the balcony with her walker facing her. Her grandchildren, (or was it her nieces and nephews) were coming in turn to give her a kiss and they kept going. She was being skipped. They were all headed somewhere, but not her. Made me think how, on that same morning, like her, I was left aside … Lately I stopped getting asked to join the hike, since everyone knows about my knee and ankle pain. It seemed so natural to say goodbye to me and go. I was among the ones who would wait on the side, and who get told the hike is two hours long. Wait on the side. This is the wifi password: You can have coffee, or eat (some more). I sat on the side and there were some elderly waiting with me. But it did not bother them. They were used to it. And there were two moms with newborn babies.