Crazy how when things are going good you don't feel the need to update anything. So, things have been okay. To be honest being 6 1/2 hours away makes it so easy to detach myself from anything that is going on. I'm not even gonna try to go back and update over the past 9 months. I am sorry that I didn't even take the time to blog at least on a monthly basis and will be doing my best to do that this year! Talked to dad today and he sounded good - him and my hubby had a 40 minute conversation before I got home and he handed off the phone to me. I actually haven't talked to my dad very much recently - we tend to text more than talk. I noticed his memory loss - couldn't recall certain words or remember what he was going to tell me. It's hard because I don't want to finish his sentences for him (when I'm pretty sure I know what he's going go say) but yet it is so heart breaking to listen to him to remember what he was going to say. He knows his memory is going and that makes it hard. He sent me a text a few weeks back telling me how much he loved me and to remember to tell the kids he loved them too. And then he said, "I'm sorry I've gone stupid." I was at work... and it brought me to tears. I gotta say though, dad has become quite honest and blunt about most things and pretty much says exactly what is on his mind... which can sometimes be quite funny. Blessings and curses right?
Started watching a new show on Netflix called "Boss" starring Kelsey Grammar. He's the main reason I thought I'd watch the first few episodes, what I didn't realize is that he's the mayor of a city and the very first scene of the first episode is his neurologist telling him he has Lewy Body Dymentia. The bad news is I've only made it through 3 episodes cause it is a very slow moving show. Nowhere close to Jack Bauer and 24 - whipped through 8 seasons of that show in a 3 month time frame! Either way, if you're interested in understanding what LBD is like, watch the first bit of the first episode. They describe it perfectly.
My middle daughter (she's 12) and I had a sad conversation about dad dying yesterday. Oh how hard it is to lose a grandparent. I told her it is very hard but she's got one thing I didn't have when I lost my grandparents... and that one thing is God. And God is there for us all the time. Prayers are always appreciated and thank you for reading. Happy New Year and blessings to you and your families.
