Merry-Go-Round.

Two of my favorite women, Sweetie & DIL. 

Life is moving in a direction that is new for me and Sweetie, and yet it is a return to an earlier time. She is getting standoffish, moving away from me, my touch, and showing affections. Normally, we sit on the couch and I put my hand on her thigh, then she puts her hand on mine. We'll sit like that for hours. 

I know that things are going weird when she doesn't respond with her hand. Usually I can encourage her to return the gesture. Lately, she just gets obstinate and even a little argumentative. 

She has begun the pull away. If  she has anything in her hands, and if I try to take it away from her, she pulls her hand away from mine, and whatever I'm trying to get her to do, turns into a argument of wills. I'll say, the spoons go over in that drawer, and it is as if she didn't hear me, and more than likely she didn't understand what I just said. So, we start it all over again, and if I just point to the spoons, she pulls them away from me and tells me that I didn't tell her anything. At that point the Merry-Go-Round has begun. We're moving into another level of her Dementia. 

Last night, this behavior and trying to get her in the correct bed is playing uproar with me. So far it is only a few nights a week, but I think it will become a nightly battle. It just breaks my heart to see her go from a very mad and argumentative woman, to one that is crying because she doesn't understand what is going on, and all she wants is to go to bed. 

Man, I need some time alone with my Driver today. I was drained emotionally last night. He knows just what to do. There is a small turnoff to a restful spot, I think we are going there today. I can just relax and renew my soul with Him there. Then it is back into the car as we speed our way down the Road to Dementia Town, Keeping our Shiny Side Up. Who knows, maybe you need a time of rest and renewal, maybe we'll see you at the rest stop. Just keep on motoring down the Road to Dementia Town. Keeping your Shiny Side Up. Ahhh, rest for now. Later, Love Ya and God Bless.