October 2, 2019
Dear Reader,
Caregiving for a memory impaired (no short term memory) and TBI (traumatic brain injury) loved one can be frustrating. One of the things I really miss is not being able to have a meaningful conversation.
Deb will ask me when I pick her up from her recreational care center that she attends 2 afternoons per week; ” So what did you do today?” she asks. I will start to tell her about my afternoon and she will get distracted after 30-60 seconds and say something like …” Look out for that car!”
I must always keep the word “Patience” in the front of my brain. Things are as they are. Sometimes that is hard depending on my frame of mind. I do my best. I still long for more intimate conversation. It’s 6:30 in the evening and I just switched from writing SOP’s for a client I am meeting again Friday morning in Miami to sharing here in this space. Deb and I will drive down tomorrow afternoon and stay at Kate’s overnight. I will go to my meeting Friday morning and then we will drive back to St Petersburg Friday afternoon.
We just need to laugh and dance together….. reader,if you are out there…Thank you!