Love Holds All

I went to visit my parents this weekend on the NH Seacoast. My poor mother is currently being tapered onto new anti-depressants after weeks of being tapered down and off the previous ones. My dad thought the last ones weren’t working because she was complaining of being depressed, but I’m not so sure it wasn’t just her circumstances. She’s lonely, my father doesn’t talk and also he gets exasperated with her, their friends have either moved away or are ill or they only see them sporadically, which because of her Alzheimer’s seems even less frequent than it really is. And now, off the antidepressants, she’s more confused. She complained over and over of feeling depressed and wondering if she forgot to take her pills, so I had to keep telling her about the switch to new meds and that she should feel better soon. I certainly hope she does.

My brother is coming out in a few weeks and wants to try to get them thinking about some sort of retirement community where my mother can have more interaction with people and, when the time comes, get the additional care she’ll need. I don’t know what they can afford and I’m sure these places have waiting lists, but they need to be thinking about it. Another option is to move them closer me, but I think they’d never see their friends then since the drive would be too long for most of them. I’m doubtful I could afford to move up around where my folks live, but I guess I should look into that, too. Not that I wouldn’t mind living nearer the seacoast.

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Meanwhile, on the dating scene, it’s back online – literally. [snip] It occurs to me that I should leave the particulars out for the time being, 'cuz you never know who's readin'. You're not missing anything exciting, anyway!

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BTW, Anyone know how to surround a photo with a plain black-line border? If so, email me! Oh, cool! Thanks, Lorianne!

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