Host Family

There has been a new addition to my host family over the past few days. My host mother sat me down last week and told me that her mom was diagnosed with cancer. Her mother is in her 80s/90s so she has lived a long life. She decided to get surgery for her cancer so she moved in with us. Previously she lived in her hometown which was like an hour away. So there is now another family member. She doesn't speak any english, and despite me saying several times in Japanese that I do not understand much and that basically I can't understand her, she continues to 'have long chats' with me. I basically sit opposite of her and nod my head for awhile, then I throw the obligatory Japanese 'Um', 'I see', "ah'. (But she's a really nice sweet old lady.)