She is 96 years old, her son is 55 and has Down syndrome — and she has not let go of him for a single day of his life. “My greatest fear is being separated from him”

She is 96 years old and still has not gone, because her 55-year-old son needs her. 💛 User Alan Brote captured her in a barely 20-second video that has already melted TikTok: his great-grandmother, seated, with her white braids, turns every so often to look at her son — a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome who gives a huge smile back to the camera. Two lives intertwined from day one. She did not delegate, did not give in, did not give up. At nearly a century old, she is still there, watching him, caring for him, choosing him. And people in the comments knew how to name it better than anyone: ‘She has not wanted to go because she does not want to leave him alone.’ 🤍 That turn of the head, discreet and constant, says it all.