I mentioned Mom's need to always wear makeup even though she hardly ever leaves the house or has visitors. She has another Old Lady idiosyncrasy: she won't go anywhere without her handbag. (It's a handbag, not a purse. It probably has two cubic feet of available volume and big old straps for hauling stuff around.) She takes it with her from her bedroom to the living room, where it sits on the couch next to her. She hangs it from the arm of her walker or balances it on the seat whenever she gets up. She carries it back to her bedroom at the end of the day. She hardly ever opens it. There is nothing in there she needs over the normal course of a day. (The only time it is at all useful is when we visit the doctors since she carries her wallet with her IDs and medical cards in it.)
She just needs to know that it's there.
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