>>2293727learn to cook. as other anons have said, starches will thicken your soup (packet corn starch, or chopped up potatoes mashed with a spoon as they cook, or beans, or rice especially if unrinsed, etc).
>>2293715nice pot. get a tripod for it.
>>2293717spbp, my mom is mid-70s. do not take her for granted, she will be gone someday maybe sooner than later.