These are the pictures I wanted to post with the story about mom and her sister the other day, but blogger wouldn't let me. That's mom on the right in the older photo, and on the left in the newer one.
I'm hoping to get a Sunday out, keep your fingers crossed.
27 comments:
What lovely pictures!
Good luck on the day out.
Aww, great pictures!
I don't know what's up with bloggers and pictures lately.
Good luck with the Sunday out!!
Great pictures. It looks like they are close. :)
Wow, you can see they have a great relationship for sisters.
That's awesome!
Thanks for sharing!
And I hope you are able to have fun today, as its Sunday.
((Cheering for ya!))
So far, so good. I'm a little nervous because this will be the first day my niece Amber will be with mom since mother has slipped into this new stage.
They are very close. They hadn't seen each other since April (although my aunt and uncle live in the next county - Rockwall for my metroplex friends), because my aunt and uncle don't drive much and mother doesn't do car rides very well. Mom cried when Alice came in the door.
beautiful pic!
keep the memories close at hand... they keep a smile on your face during the more trying times
DOH! listen to me wax sentimental...
Dennie - wax on, wax off. LOL
Michele - fingers are still crossed.
Well, you can un-cross those fingers. My niece just called and she's sick - so no day out for me. Maybe next month. Am I upset? Does crying count? I haven't had a day out from mom since March.
What wonderful pictures! You can truly see how much they care for each other.
I'm so disappointed for you! Hopefully things will work out for you to get a day out soon. {{Hugs}}
Love the pictures! :)
((HUGS)) Bailey!
((cyber back rub too))
I wish I could help *sigh* - rots being so far away sometimes...
We're here if you need us for some mental pick-you-ups!
Great pictures, Bailey--I love the older one. I hope you get your day out!!
Bailey, first, you need to correct your little "About me"...you ARE a writer, NOT an "aspiring writer"...second, do you think your mom would do well with a stranger? I think there is a program to help relieve primary caregivers. I'll try and check into this week...maybe someone in your network of friends happens to have heard about something?
Your mom sure shows her O'Connell looks...I don't know how to add a picture here, so will send the picture of my Grandma, Mary O'Connell Hanlon to your email...I see some resemblence.
Sending you hugs....
Thanks for sharing you pictures.
Oh, Bailey (Eve) I am so sorry. Please know that even though we are so far away, I wish we were closer so we could help. I really do. Could you take a mental day out and watch a movie or something?
((Bailey)) on the cancelled day out. If I lived closer, I'd come sit for a day.
I do love the pictures of your mom and her sister. They look to be kindred spirits.
How disappointing for you. It's hard after you've counted on a break.
Your mom looks like the younger of the two, is she?
I love those pictures, especially the older one with your mother holding up her leg. She still looks so young and agile in it. Which is the elder of the two?
I hope your mom's feeling better and that you can really have a day off. You deserve and need one. Caregivers have to take care of themselves as well. I'll try to scan the copy I have of the "caregivers' rights" or do you have something like that already?
I said "try" because I spent a couple of hours yesterday trying to scan some documents I have to e-mail.
According to all the honking going on in the streets outside, I think that it will be safe to say that Itally won the World Cup of Soccer. There are a lot of Italian immigrants here but not many French ones. Oddly enough, my landlord, who came from Italy about 50 years ago wasn't even excited about the Italians' possibly winning the Cup. He'd been rooting for Germany all along.
Yeah, I'd say I'm closest to my sister, too. At least she's the one that tries to understand and empathize. Of course, she was also my "baby" since I'm 11 years older than she is. I was her second mother and she would let me do things she wouldn't let our grandmother do. And as a baby, she wouldn't stay at home with her alone. I always had to be there as well. That didn't sit well with my grandmother.
But after a time, she didn't remember all that I did for her. I was just the big sister who was always away somewhere. It's really thanks to my brother-in-law that they set their wedding-date for a date that I could actually be there. He had lived at my place for almost a year, I'd leant him my car to go traveling and he knew me much better than any of my siblings. So he insisted I be there for the wedding. And I was. It truly would have hurt unbearably not to have been here. (I was living in Germany.) She's a very compassionate person and is a nurse at a seniors' home.
Oh, I just read you won't have your day off. I really feel for you. I know we have programs here for the relief of those caring for relatives with long-term illnesses.
I know my sister-in-law's mother used it before she herself became ill. They took her husband into a nursing home for a week while she did the things that needed to be done and enjoyed herself a little more.
I can feel your disappointment. Hugs and prayers. Does your local Alzheimer's Association have any advice? I know the program I took part in told me how it could be done. By that time, my mother was already in an assisted-living place and the strain wasn't quite as bad on me so I never needed this myself. But their has to be some relief for you. After all, you're saving the government money by keeping her at home.
I'm glad cousin Joan is looking into it. I didn't know a lot of the things that I needed to know either. Some things just aren't "advertised" because they don't want people to take advantage of them in a bad way. Most of the services I've found to help me I mostly stumbled on by accident and often wished that I had know about them before.
Hugs, prayers and wishes for a day or two off are winging their way to you. The last time off was when you went to the Irish Fair? That *is* a long time ago. So don't be ashamed of your tears. You're definitely allowed after this big disappointment. My heart goes out to you and I'm crying too I hurt so badly for you.
Bailey, thanks for sharing pictures and hugs on the cancelled day out. I know how hard it all is and admire you for holding up. And what Ruby said. Is there someone, some programs, anything that can help?
Okay Bailey, I called my sister, who, though she doesn't like to admit she has family, did graduate with a degree in social work. She said that there are a couple of options for assistance for your mom. She said to try calling somebody like Kelly Home Health Care and ask them if they offer services through Medicare. Also, call the Social Security Office and ask them about what your mom could qualify for since you are there all by yourself. The Alzheimer's Association in Dallas may also have some really good resources. Have added other things in an email....
Love ya
oops...that last comment was me...
Hugs on the cancelled day out. Hope you can get something worked out very soon.
I love the pics. Very touching.
Would your mom be OK with me sitting with her sometime? I'm willing to help give you an afternoon out sometime if that is workable. I still need to come by with your book. Think about and let me know when I see you next.
(((Bailey)))
LOVE the pics - the old one is just awesome. They look so spunky!
Your photos are very touching...and beautiful.
Post a Comment