I'm starting to see the resemblance between everything and the body, so now it's cars and bodies: parts get dried up. We need to oil our hinges, lubricate-so to speak-our joints. No matter the age, glucosamine once a day and eye cream (for men as well as women) once or twice a day seems more and more important. Of course, check with your doctor before taking any supplements, but staving off achy joints and lines around the eyes applies at any age.
I'm not sure what I'll give my Saab hinge, but it certainly won't be a daily dose.
Ms. Joan - I love how your blog reflects your beautiful self and continues your family tradition of living healthily, thinking deeply, writing artfully, and sharing generously xoxoxoxo N-M
ReplyDeleteMom, 87, lives out of state; I'm going there next week to, among other things, take her in for a psych eval, because either she is delusional or the neighbor really is tunneling under her house and coming up through her carpet to move her stuff around . . . . and it's so sad to lose Mom this way. She's so scared and angry . . . and I want to know what I can do to not end up in that boat myself. Thanks, Joan, for starting this blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michele.
ReplyDeleteI have gone through dementia with my mother as you are doing now and know how painful it is for you, her, and those around her. There is little good about it all. But one thing I'd say is to try to make memories now. I would shower my mother and each time she would ask: "How do you know how to do that?" I would answer: "You taught me how." And she would smile. I keep that memory now.