Slowly going into dementia by a different way, she is the carer and 24hrs/7days a week companion of her half demented husband. His Alzheimer is still in a first or second stage. His language and ability to manage money, computer, telephone and other everyday objects we take for granted is now almost gone. Surprisingly , he still can drive. True, sometimes he forgets to turn off the lights, or to set the handle in parking before turning on the engine, which makes him stop in stupor to find out what
It was supposed to be a memorable date. She became 60 years old, that was back in 2003. A dinner was organised. Friends from old times were invited and came. The room was decorated with the flower arrangements representing the greetings from each of her children. All this was organised by her daughter, the only one of her four children there with her.
There were smiling faces across the table. Strangely, nobody spoke to her directly, apart from the polite words asking how she was,
She is a sad woman. Memories of good times abound, but memories of dear, loved ones are conflictive to say the least. It seems to her that she did everything wrong. No doubt she wanted to please everyone... in vain.
She is a short woman, rather stocky in built, her grey hair, which she refuses to tint, seems to be her visitor's card to the world. Her view is that she would be the same sixty seven year old woman with tinted hair. She decided to live her old age with dignity, no tinted
I was writing this post and somehow I lost the article in cyber space. So, I will try to write it again.
Since the end of February I have been with unbearable itching, reddish, swollen, rounded marks which go to take any form in an enlarged kind of way and covering my whole body. No allergy medicine has had any effect to stop the marks appearing or the itching going away. Having fumigated the house, the bed, the floor of my bedroom every week, bugs have been discarded as the origin
Last week I went to the local Police Judge's office to talk to the Judge about the parking fine I got for using the disabled person's parking place in January, when it is imposible to find anywhere to park near the chemist shop. I explained to the Police Judge that he was there to impart justice, not to administrate the parking rules the local Council has, as they are unjust: they do not provide for a reserved parking place for the senior citizen in bad health or for pregnant women. besides, they
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