But over the past six months, something strange started happening. I noticed my belly was getting bigger and bigger. At first, I thought it was just a consequence of age, a little bloating, or maybe weight gain. I started wearing looser clothes because my old ones no longer fit. But soon, my belly became so enormous that even my neighbors started looking at me with disbelief and concern.
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One afternoon, my daughter-in-law, Maria, visited me. She looked at my belly for a long time, then gently asked, “Mom, I’m sorry to ask, but have you been to the doctor lately?” “Why?” I replied, slightly surprised. “Because it’s not normal,” Maria insisted. “You absolutely should go to the doctor.” I burst out laughing. “Maria, I’m eighty years old! What do you think will happen to me?”
