A Place For Mom

 

Comfort Care.......Senior Connections...A Place For Mom...names that meant nothing to me until a few weeks ago.
How many of you think that you can do everything for everyone all the time and not burn out. I don't mean burn out as in,"gee I need a day to myself" or "man am I gonna crash big time tonight."

I mean the kind of burnout that leaves you feeling as though you will never be able to get out of bed and not feel whole again......the kind of tired that makes you feel helpless, hopeless.....angry, confused........

 

This is how I have been feeling for quite some time now.

Caregiving is more than a full time job.

 

It is a 24 hour, 7 days a week job. A job without pay, benefits, or time off for good behavior. There are no vacations. It goes on 365 days a year. And unlike raising a child, you do not see progress, when the person you are caring for has passed the age of ninety( I have had many people with good intentions, make that comparison.) I have for three years this month, taken on this challenge. Today I made a decision that will change the way I approach things.....and that is where A Place For Mom comes in.

 

The wonderful people there are helping me put a program in place for Mom. It will be good for her, good for me, good for everyone in our home...including the furry and feathered children. We needed to do this quite awhile ago, but then again, you think you can handle it all.......

The lesson learned.....listen to your body....don't wait until life becomes unmanageable to the point of no return. All that being said, we will do our best to keep blogging away about animal antics, gardening highs and lows, and looking at life through the camera lense ;o)