Yesterday was a visit to mom. She is complaining about more pain, was texting Saturday evening as if I was able to do something for her. She asked for her meds early, hopefully that helped. I had to turn off my phone.
She has become too dependent on me. Even though she has nursing staff available, she waits for me to get her needs addressed. Bottom line, she doesn't want to be "a complainer", so she lets (forces) me to be the demanding daughter. Ugh.
She also wants to visit with a cousin, but doesn't want to set it up. She wants me to make the phone calls, set up visits. She also wants me to be there with all of her visits.
I created a DIY greeting card- painted a background, punched out flowers and leaves for her to glue on. A simple task, but when she was done, she wanted to know who we were mailing it to.
Her mind can be a scary thing. While watching a tv show, she will blurt out sentences and you just know she's busy thinking and not watching her show.
I guess this is how its going to be. I keep reminding myself to have patience and acceptance (my words to live by this year), but it can be difficult. Patience and acceptance.
