Dementia: There can be happy solutions.

On the USS Bowfin, submarine at Pearl Harbor.

Spent some time on the driving range yesterday. I was go good to get the clubs out and hit some balls. Not only was it a good change of pace for the both of us, it was like being alive again. Sweetie just yammered about it for some time. When I'd hit a ball and look back at her, she was all smiles. Life, as it is now, doesn't get much better. I have plans for us to get out a play 9 holes today. 

When we got home and tried to take a walk, it was very breezy and so we cut it short. What I find amazing is her wanting to walk. It is something that we do on a regular bases now. And because of that, I think we will have a good time walking the course. I'm so excited! I bought a distance finder just before V-19 hit and this will be the first time I get to use it. Feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. I'm just squirming in my chair waiting for the day to get going. 

We spent quite a bit of time in the backyard, on the couch, watching the birds, clouds and planes over head. We have a birdbath back there and I've been putting water in it these past couple of days and to watch the sparrows go to it and drink. One of the things I've observed is that sparrows are usually in twos. I think they are mated pairs. They are just a joy to watch. 

Working on getting Sweetie more regulated with the potty. When she gets up, the first thing I do is get her to the potty and we sit and I read to her. Because she still has some knowledge of God and the Bible, reading from the Bible is good for both of us. She hasn't wet the bed in a couple of weeks and believe it or not, I'm worried. I don't think she is taking in enough water and there isn't much for her to pee. Even when she fills her pullups, the amount of pee in them a less amount then before. Humm. 

I take a bottle with us when we walk and it is filled with water and Gatorade. The way I look at it, the Gatorade will give her more than just water, a happy solution for both of us. 

Happy solution, that is what my Driver is all about. It is because of our conversations that I can look back and see all the Easter Eggs. Bird watching, driving range, walks, and just the love that Sweetie gives me when she doesn't even know that she is giving it. Looking for a new solution again this morning. Driver knows so much more than what He tells me. He just loves for me to see the wisdom in His words. I listen carefully because I don't want to loose any of it. As we hit the Road to Dementia Town, Him behind the wheel, with the window down, and His arm resting on the door, and me with my cool sunglasses on as we go, Keeping our Shiny Side Up. You think that today would be a good day to have the window down, with your arm out, resting on the door as you drive down the Road to Dementia Town, Keeping your Shiny Side Up. Gotta go, Love Ya, and God Bless.