We can do hard things.

The more she overcome by Dementia,
the more I love her.

I have to tell you about an answer to prayer. It came suddenly and swiftly. If you haven't figured it out, or you already know, that it isn't easy being a caregiver to a spouse, a sibling, a loved one. I may sound brave here, I'm not. I too struggle day to day as to how I'm doing. There isn't a report card at the end of the day, month, or quarter. There isn't a teacher looking over your shoulder, grading you on how you are doing, it is just me. 

Yesterday, I asked my Driver for keen sight to see His hand in my life. That same day, I got a card from an old friend of Sweetie's. Encouraging me, and said that it is hard, but I wouldn't want it any other way. There was a little card inside that read, "We can do hard things." She had lost her husband last year, and we didn't know about it, for we had lost touch with her. We both know the suffering of loosing a loved one, hers and what I'm going through. Boy, did I need that. 

Sweetie was all excited about the card, I think she might have remembered her friend, and was sad about the death of her friends husband, and in about 5 minutes that was gone. 

Our day went well. Sweetie slept in late, and so I adjusted are schedule accordingly. It was at bed time when I had a little surprise. In bed, praying the end of the days prayer when she asked who I was talking to, and that I needed to leave. When I wouldn't she sat up, got ready and when she stood up, she almost collapsed and came right back to bed, and asleep. 

No sooner do I get used to one stage of Dementia, then another appears and the old goes away. I am so thankful that we discovered CBD, and the Stress Relief lotion. They are the, in my mind, reason we can live a somewhat normal life. When Sundowners makes it appearance, I have some tools available to help her come back to some form of normal.   

Each day, the more I depend on my daily trips with my Driver. He is the one that knows where we are heading. I only know where we are going at the time we are going there, wherever there is. I just get in, and off we go. I know if I try to take the wheel, he is such a gentleman, that He will let me. When that happens, I end up making the wrong turns and end up in a ditch. Though, Driver keeps the car clean and polished, I still see the dings from when I was doing all the driving. I'm heading out the door, seeing His smiling face, as I jump into the passenger seat, putting on my cools sunglasses, and off we go. Down the Road to Dementia Town and as always, Keeping the Shiny Side Up. Thanks for joining me this morning, as you too, gather yourself as we motor together, Down the Road to Dementia Town, with our Shiny Sides Up. God Bless, and remember, I Love Ya.