Thankful and Hopeful
It is a beautiful Spring evening here, and as usual I am up late and my mind is buzzing, can't sleep. I am thankful for the reminder tonight in my devotional time that God is incredibly patient and gracious with me, even when I am at my absolute worst. I'm doing better with my stress and what seems to be a slow grief that I have learned I simply just have to manage. Dad and I talk a lot, the reality that we are all dealing with a level of anxiety we hadn't planned for. Nobody plans to have a loved one with alzheimers/dementia, so when it happens, well it hits like a really bad dream that you just can't wake from. It's one Mom will never wake from. I haven't seen her in months, hope to go with Dad in the next couple of weeks. The last few weeks he says she hasn't been very responsive, just sits and stares at the tv. She seems to be responding positively to the activities they are doing especially music, which is a comfort knowing how much she loved t