Some thoughts as an occasional care giver
I wrote these thoughts about 2 weeks ago on my 750 blog and I thought that I might share these thoiughts with the rest of the world if they are interested. I am usually not so negitve but I was really tired that evening. Please comment!! Well here goes. Today is my last day in San Antonio caring for my 95 year old dad. My 3 sisters and I trade off so that no one has to use too much time and run out of FMLA time. Dad lives at home and is blind and hard of hearing so needs someone to stay with him. We have been doing this for 3 years and it is really hard to to keep doing this. At least it is for me. When my sisters and I started caring for dad, our mother had just passed away. He was losing his eyesight and was having a hard time dealing with the loss of mom. Like many men of a certain age group he had had a women caring for him his entire life. He married late in life, 32 years old to our mom and she like him was raised to know a womens place. Mom had supper on the table, and lips...
