Aging Parents

Hello Everyone,

I know it's been a while since my last post. I have been busy trying

to handle life and all that lands on my plate. I've been working on

doing our taxes which are now done. Wheew!!! The other thing that

I have been dealing with is my aging dad. The header picture kind

of tells the story. A painting called "We Need To Talk" done by

Dyanne of DyanneParkerArt. Dyanne does some beautiful work.

Visit her shop if you get a chance. http://www.etsy.com/shop/DyanneParkerArt?ref=seller_info . My dad, I believe I have told you this once before,

can not read or write. He takes seven prescription medications. I

have come up with a system so that when he is getting low on his

meds he can let me know which ones I need to get refilled. All

his medication bottles are marked with a color and I have a note

card that I have written down the medication and coordinating

color. I get my dad all set with his meds and then a couple of months

pass by and he thinks that he can take care of it himself. He then

gets all of his meds so mixed up and starts feeling bad.

I wish that dad would just understand that he really needs my hand

and that he would just let me take his hand and guide him with his meds

that can make a difference between life and death. The next picture is

of aging hands that look fo frail to me. The aging hands come from

GaProps they have an etsy shop.http://www.etsy.com/shop/GaProps I once again took over and straightened out my dad and his meds.

It wasn't fun or easy. My dad did a lot of yelling at me and the

pharmasist. I had to do a lot of yelling back it wasn't easy for me

to do that but I had to get him to understand that dad can't have

other poeple help him like my uncle or my brother cause they

don't mark the bottles and when dad calls me to get him his

refills i'm not sure if what i'm getting refilled is right. My brother

who lives here in the same town is another story all together and

no help what so ever. A couple of dads pills almost look the same

and the color is almost the same on a couple of his pills but if you

put them next to each other you can actually see a little shade

difference and even a little size difference. I also left a note card

at my dads house and markers to mark the bottles now too.

If only dad and I could just come close to the next picture. To

sit and just have a calm conversation like to old friends. The

picture below comes from YdnarImaging another etsy shop.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YdnarImaging

Hopefully now I can get into working on something crafty now that

the spare room/ craft room is clean cause my son will be here this

weekend. I do have several projects in the works maybe now I can

get them finished and posted. I'm looking forward to seeing my middle

child. Maybe later this year I'll take a vacation and go visit my daughter.

A small break away from all this craziness.

Hope you are all having A Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!