Tonight Daddy and i watched a movie about a couple who'd been married for 44 years. The wife, Fiona, had alzheimers. The movie showed how they faced her entering a "home" for those with the disease. It was a real tear jerker and made me cry.
What i couldn't help but think about was how at this point, it's just Daddy and i...by the time W/we are aged (and no...44 isn't that old! for those of you younger readers)
our parents gone, no children of our own...it will just be Daddy and i. W/we'll be the aunt and uncle who must be dutifully invited to family events...shuttled back and forth, lonely family members that no one wants to leave out...W/we'll celebrate holidays alone, W/we'll visit hospital rooms alone when one of us is ill, O/one of U/us may visit the other in a nursing home alone. Finally O/one of U/us may eventually be left alone... No children, or grandchildren to help ease that pain. It's so depressing...
If W/we move to NC...it will be even more complicated...no family...no one to help U/us through troubled times......It's soo much to think about and sort out....
i am thankful though for what i have...my Daddy who i love and adore and believe will keep U/us safe and happy for all of O/our days....i believe that life for U/us will always be interesting, stimulating, exciting, and full....so i put to sleep those silent worries and fears and trust in God and mine....
What i couldn't help but think about was how at this point, it's just Daddy and i...by the time W/we are aged (and no...44 isn't that old! for those of you younger readers)
our parents gone, no children of our own...it will just be Daddy and i. W/we'll be the aunt and uncle who must be dutifully invited to family events...shuttled back and forth, lonely family members that no one wants to leave out...W/we'll celebrate holidays alone, W/we'll visit hospital rooms alone when one of us is ill, O/one of U/us may visit the other in a nursing home alone. Finally O/one of U/us may eventually be left alone... No children, or grandchildren to help ease that pain. It's so depressing...
If W/we move to NC...it will be even more complicated...no family...no one to help U/us through troubled times......It's soo much to think about and sort out....
i am thankful though for what i have...my Daddy who i love and adore and believe will keep U/us safe and happy for all of O/our days....i believe that life for U/us will always be interesting, stimulating, exciting, and full....so i put to sleep those silent worries and fears and trust in God and mine....
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