Ooooh. I may be able to do dinner with y'all Thursday night!!
Eeeeexcellent.
The King of Cups expects a picnic. But this is not his birthday!
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
juliana - Jul 25, 2008 8:25:01 am PDT #8637 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
NoiseDesign - Jul 25, 2008 8:25:20 am PDT #8638 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I'm good at many things. This type of work is not one of them.
Barb - Jul 25, 2008 8:27:19 am PDT #8639 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I'm good at many things. This type of work is not one of them.
But you're a good son. That counts for a lot.
Connie Neil - Jul 25, 2008 8:28:05 am PDT #8640 of 10001
brillig
caregiving with a CNA
It took a disturbingly many seconds before I could parse that as anything but Certified Netware Administrator.
P.M. Marc - Jul 25, 2008 8:32:12 am PDT #8641 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
ND, most people aren't good at that type of work. That's why there are CNAs. But you're doing it, and you're getting what needs to be done done, and that's a seriously huge accomplishment.
Gadget_Girl - Jul 25, 2008 8:35:59 am PDT #8642 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I'm good at many things. This type of work is not one of them.
But you're a good son. That counts for a lot.
what Barb said.
DCJensen - Jul 25, 2008 8:36:13 am PDT #8643 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Indeed.
Beverly - Jul 25, 2008 8:41:39 am PDT #8644 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Nobody's good at this type of caretaking, ND, hard as that may be to believe. It's a learned skill. It's distasteful, though nurturing types can more easily fold the necessary things into the caregiving part of their psyche. It's always worse when it's family.
You're a good man, and you're doing a very difficult job. And while I can pat your shoulder and praise you for doing it, your only ultimate payoff is going to be from yourself. That it was damned hard, but you did it, whether out of love, duty, or necessity, or a mixture of all three. Fact remains, you're a good son.
Laura - Jul 25, 2008 8:44:01 am PDT #8645 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
{{ND}} I'm sorry. I know this is so very hard, but I also know you will do what you need to do and get past it. Care giving is a whole lot different with a stranger than with a parent. Very tough.
Daisy Jane - Jul 25, 2008 8:47:03 am PDT #8646 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
(((ND))) Points up at what smarter people said.