Sometimes I wish I could say all that is in my mind - however, I cannot, as it would cause great problems in not just my life but in my family's. I am caregiver for my mom who has dementia and when she accuses me of something or asks me for the nth time to take her to the grocery store (when we've already gone for the week), I just want to shout out "MOM! JUST CHILL OUT!"
When she riffles through her purse for the third time in ten minutes while I'm taking her to the Senior Citizen's Center, I just want to say, "Enough going through the purse already, Mom!"
When my brothers have something else to do on Saturday instead of coming over and helping out by taking care of Mom, I just want to say, "Hey, she's your mother too!"
BUt I don't, and I am starting to think it's high time I do some of this. At least asking for help with mom, that is.
And as for the other folks who come up to me and say how much my mom has changed, I just want to say, "Well what do you expect? She has dementia, she's not going to be the same as she was!"
Ok, rant over. I feel better now.
