Nellie Wright, 103 (Photo:Chris Steele-Perkins) ;
I found this very moving:
“I don’t get by, I exist from one day to the other.
I’m hoping for the end to come. I’m tired of it.
Why should it be like this? Not a penny in my purse!
I’ve worked 74 years.
Why am I here?
I’m waiting for God to straighten this out.
I should be home! My husband died while I was in here. I never even got to his funeral.
It doesn’t matter.
I’ve been a decent girl, never drunk or gone with men.
I’ve just lived and worked like a silly fool”.
Source: The Oldest of the Old (Guardian.co.uk)
