Bare Foot Contessa.

Sweetie loves Rainbows, God's Promises. 

Its Saturday, and if I was still working, I'd be putting another work week to bed. Since I now have 6 Saturdays and one Sunday, that saying no longer applies. Yesterday was my solo day, and I'm always wondering just what will I come home to. 

I was told, and am finding out, that because I get a different person to watch Sweetie, there are different situations that I come home to. I'm just happy that I don't get a call from the caregiver that Sweetie has gotten away, or that something bad has happen. I keep adding to my list of things to tell them before I leave. One of the stupidest, in my opinion, don't park in the driveway. They are coming to my home so I can leave, and when they park in my driveway, how can I leave? Going to have to put this in the notes of my account, so they don't park there. 

I came home to find Sweetie had locked herself in my office. She was so happy and relieved when she heard my voice, and came out. Today, I will not leave her side, and we will just spend the day together, maybe even working in the yards. Sometimes I feel so sorry for what she is going through. 

Sweetie is fading more, and in just a short time, she is loosing more and more of her memory. Putting dishes away after dinner is where I see it the most. Even in eating, she is finding it hard to feed herself. When I put my feet up on the ottoman, she will ask if she can do the same. Then after she takes her shoes off, she keeps looking for them, and then will put them back on. She used to be a Bare Foot Contessa, now she has to have slippers, flipflops or some type of shoe on. So sad. 

Sad times are what my Drive specializes in. Not to bemoan them, but to lift me out of them. He knows that there are Easter Eggs in those sad times, and He will show them to me. We talk about sad times, and how they will in the future become part of the neckless of joys that Sweetie will wear someday. I can take joy in those thoughts. Such a skilled craftsman my Driver is, making diamonds out of lumps of coal. As we head on Down the Road to Dementia Town, Keeping our Diamond Bright Shiny Side Up. You following us? Just look for the bright car, and Keep Your Shiny Side Up. Love Ya and God Bless.