I totally hear you. My "mantra' is "I'd like to go to bed just one night with everything done I should have done, but that would mean my husband with dementia wouldn't wake me on the hour!"
So beautiful and heartfelt. I felt it all, except I was lucky to have my husband help me through my mothers surgeries, falls, rehabs, hospitals, aides, injuries, hospitals, surgeries, COVID, emergencies, more surgery, then death. I don’t think I would have been able to have made it through without him, my single sister helped in the ways she could and wanted to (she didn’t want to) but it was like pulling teeth. If I could do it over again I wished I would’ve been more patient with my mother and moved her closer to us. I wish I would’ve taken more time for myself etc. You are amazing and such a special person. I wish for you time for yourself, a special someone and an intern to help you! I have no doubt that you will. 💕
Gayle—you are amazing and I wish for you someone equally amazing … or I join in your wish for you! Xo, Heidi
Thank you SO much, Heidi! And you are amazing, too!
Hi, Gayle,
I totally hear you. My "mantra' is "I'd like to go to bed just one night with everything done I should have done, but that would mean my husband with dementia wouldn't wake me on the hour!"
So beautiful and heartfelt. I felt it all, except I was lucky to have my husband help me through my mothers surgeries, falls, rehabs, hospitals, aides, injuries, hospitals, surgeries, COVID, emergencies, more surgery, then death. I don’t think I would have been able to have made it through without him, my single sister helped in the ways she could and wanted to (she didn’t want to) but it was like pulling teeth. If I could do it over again I wished I would’ve been more patient with my mother and moved her closer to us. I wish I would’ve taken more time for myself etc. You are amazing and such a special person. I wish for you time for yourself, a special someone and an intern to help you! I have no doubt that you will. 💕