Waist High In The World Analysis

It must be really hard for many residents to be far away from their families and loved ones. The book “Waist- High in the World” by Nancy Mairs helped me to understand how not having or not feeling support from the people around us because of our lack of abilities cause people to feel lonely and to be more susceptible to suffer from depression. The resident Mrs. Eileen Miller mentioned a couple of times during our conversations how she is unable to do the things on her own and, therefore, her kids decided that the best idea was placing her in a Nursing Home. She mentioned how even though the House of Loreto is a lovely place and full of people with great compassion and love, it is not home. She feels sad about being left alone in the room for hours and not being visited as often as she thought she would. One

Mrs. Eileen is dealing with constant leg pain which is causing her problems when moving from one place to another and she mentions concerned of how her kids decided that the best idea was placing her in a Nursing Home instead of helping her overcome her disability. On page 66 of the book “Waist High In the World”, Nancy Mairs wrote: “I have long wanted to see whether I still could manage on my own, and to what extent, but none of my family have been willing to let me.” (66 Mairs) This line symbolizes the lack of freedom and independence that many people such as Nancy and Eileen feel, when they are incapable of making a decision on their own. Further in the reading, Nancy Mairs mentions “I am not Nancy + MS and no simple subtraction can render me whole.” (8 Mairs) She mentions this phrase in order to make the reader understand that her disability is not a barrier and not what defines her as a person. Mrs. Miller feels that because of her inability to do things as she used to, now she is forced to live in the Nursing