My mum doesn't feel like my mum anymore. We seem to be playing at role reversal except she doesn't want my help. How many times do I hear, "Do you think I'm stupid" "I know what I'm doing" "I don't need any help" when all the evidence is to the contrary!
Don't get me wrong, independance is great and needs encouraging but absolute determination is something else and oh so hard to cope with. So what do you do when she insists on 'cooking' you a dinner where the potatoes are raw, the meat burnt and the veg oversalted and to add insult to injury the plate and cutlery still have traces of yesterdays dinner on them? And what do you do when like a child she picks at old wounds on her legs until they become infected. How do you tell her that she needs a bath more often and her clothes are far from clean. And what do you do when she reaches out for your hand and tells you that she loves you and thanks you for being there? Weep, for her situation and your loss. Thats all for now..........
Don't get me wrong, independance is great and needs encouraging but absolute determination is something else and oh so hard to cope with. So what do you do when she insists on 'cooking' you a dinner where the potatoes are raw, the meat burnt and the veg oversalted and to add insult to injury the plate and cutlery still have traces of yesterdays dinner on them? And what do you do when like a child she picks at old wounds on her legs until they become infected. How do you tell her that she needs a bath more often and her clothes are far from clean. And what do you do when she reaches out for your hand and tells you that she loves you and thanks you for being there? Weep, for her situation and your loss. Thats all for now..........