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처음으로 경로당에 방문했다. 상담차 예전 충남상회 사장님께 들었을 때처럼, 응봉삼거리 경로당에는 여자 어르신들이 가득했다. 낯설고 불편한 기분을 꾹 누르고 인사를 하고 들어가니, 역시 낯선 이의 방문이라 경계하시는 분이 많았다.
어르신들은 티비 앞에 옹기종기 모여 앉아 티비도 보고 이야기도 나누셨다. 빈손으로 가기 어색해서 예전에 동대문역사문화공원역 근처 광희동에 갔을 때 샀던 소화에 좋다는, 수정뭉치 같이 생긴 사탕을 가져갔다.
어르신들 옆에 앉아 이런저런 이야기를 하다 어느 어르신이 암치료 받으셨던 이야기 하시는 것을 듣는다.
암이라는 얘기를 들었을 때, 자기가 나이가 70이 넘었는데도 하늘이 새하얘지더라고,
치료 과정 중에 검정색 비닐봉투를 머리에 쓸 일이 있었는데, 숨이 턱 막히는 것 같았다고. 지금은 건강히 잘 지내지만 그 때는 정말 힘들었단 얘기를 하셨다
오래 사신 분들은 삶에 무덤덤할 것 같지만 몸이 약해진 만큼 마음도 약해지는 걸까 하는 생각이 들었다.
I visited a senior citizen center for the first time. There was full of elderly women heard from Chungnam supermarket man . As I entered in with a strange and uncomfortable feeling, many people were wary of me a stranger.
Older people sat in a group in front of the TV, watching TV and talking. It was awkward to go empty-handed, so I brought a candy that looked like a crystal ball of candy that I bought in Gwanghui-dong near Dongdaemun History Culture Park Station.
While talking to elderly people, I hears an old man say that she had been treated for cancer.
When she heard about cancer, the sky turned white even though she was over 70.
During the course of the treatment, she had to wear a black plastic bag on my head, and it was breathtaking. She said that it was really hard for her to stay healthy now.
People who lived for a long time seemed to be indifferent to their lives, but I wondered if their minds would be weakened as their bodies weakened.
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