Hang in there. It’s not a burden...it’s a work of love.
Well said, both of you!
Alzheimer’s/dementia runs in my family as well...
Mom and I talk at least once a day - I live in AL; she is home in VA. Some days she calls me back, like we haven’t spoken in days...
I just listen to the same stories like it’s the first time she has told them to me...
Sometimes I do laugh; sometimes I cry...
Hang in there!
Only someone with this “experience” would appreciate this conversation I had with my wife one day.
I had visited our two uncles in the nursing home. On the way home I stopped at the family homestead to check on the aunt and uncle there.
I called my wife on the way home,
My wife: How were they?
Me: Well Auntie was not wearing pants, but she was wearing a shower cap, so all in all she was fine.
My wife: Ok, thats great. Talk to you later.
After I realized what we had just said, I had to pull the car over to laugh at the absurdity of it.