Still no help from my siblings. I used ALL our extra and some of our bill money to pay for Mom's cremation. So now we are scrambling to make everything good. The more I struggle to pay our bills the angrier I get. How easy it is for them to tell me, "God will supply" --"I'll try." and do nothing.
I reworked our budget this afternoon. With the extra expenses AND cut hours we are SO not making it. How fast we recover will depend on how much we can do without and how many work hours Myron gets and of course holidays will hurt too. Neither of us get paid holidays.
Today I downgraded our phone service and we will "cut the cord" from our tv service. All total it will come to $150 a month savings.
It's not the finances or the changes that I am angry about. It's all those years they had her close and she was herself. When she was weak and feeble they let me have her and now I will do this one last thing alone.
- Linda Shumaker uses BlogPress from my iPhone
a journal about keeping the memories of my mother who suffers with Lewy Body Dementia
On November 13, 2010 I gladly became the primary caregiver of my mother. She has Lewy Body Dementia, the second most common memory loss condition after Alzhiemers. I knew nothing about Lewy Body Dementia until I brought Mom to Indiana to live with me. My mother is a resident at the Waters of Covington, a rehabilitation center near our home. I would like to have her live with us but her care is more then one person can provide. The staff at the Waters fell in love with Mom immediately. She may be losing her memory and her ability to care for herself but she hasn't lost her sense of humor or her gentle grace. This blog is meant to be a journal of our days together.
On May 15, 2011 My Mother peacefully and fearlessly passed into the here after. Now I journey alone, yet not alone. I have a lifetime of memories.
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