I need to start a list of things that you should say and things that you should not say to someone whose Dad has dementia. Things to say: This is pretty shit isn't it? What can I do to help? Do you need a drink? Things to not say: I don't know why she's putting details … [Read more...]
I’m pissed off.
I am so annoyed. So angry. Anger flows through my veins like hot liquid. Why? Because on top of the actual issues of the day - the fact that my Dad is dying a slow, confusing, sometimes painful and no doubt lonely and confusing and frightening death from frontal lobe dementia - … [Read more...]
My Lovely Dad. Tuesday 24 October.
I found it really difficult to be with my Dad last night. He couldn’t sit down. His hyperactive behaviour scared me - what if he had another fall? The realisation that it will be a fall or pneumonia that actually kills my Dad is, well, words fail me. Neither are a good way to go. … [Read more...]
It’s a wonderful thing, knowing who your friends are.
I'm writing this at 2.30pm on Monday. There are so many other things I could and should be doing. House stuff, Hope House Press work, swimming admin - and perhaps most 'presently' needing me - is William, who has come home from school because he really truly actually has had sick … [Read more...]
The importance of having a wingman / woman / person
I can't share photos or video of our sports day today, because I don't know who else is in them, even in blurred capacity... And I'm sad about that. Today William had the 400 metres as his race at sports day and it's fair to say he wasn't keen on it. Other people had been unkind … [Read more...]
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