For sure, I have a stubborn streak and I come by that pretty naturally.
That’s clearly evidenced by my mom who is perhaps the most stubborn and independent minded person I’ve ever encountered.
She is nearly 80 now and still has the same mindset she’s always had. However, reality is reality and she’s just not physically capable of living the way she always has. But she just has a very hard time accepting that reality. It takes a great deal of compassion but some serious discussions just to get her to understand this. I mean we almost had to get into it just to upgrade her home with some modern residential HVAC. We grew up in that house and while I’m thankful for the way my sister and I were raised, it’s very basic. There’s no traditional central air conditioning at all. My mother has heated with a wood stove up until just very recently. The fact is she just can’t manage the firewood and keeping the wood stove heating the way it’s required these days. Too often, I would make a surprise visit to find her in front of a space heater with the house so cold. Enough is enough, so my sister and I had to have a very frank discussion with my mother. She was still so resistant even to having residential HVAC. Finally, she relented to having the HVAC contractor come out to inspect the home. The HVAC professional said she was in a perfect situation to enjoy a ductless multi split heating and cooling system. So we had the ductless heat pumps installed. I’m just so thankful that I know she’s going to be warm this winter.