When I am visiting another city, either on holiday or for work, I like to wander around the shopping centres…just to have a look. I don’t get time to do this when I’m at home.
Enablement
The goal posts moved.
When Dad came home from hospital, after the 3rd stroke and we made the decision to adopt a palliative approach to Dad’s care in the forthcoming weeks, we were presented with a situation we didn’t anticipate.
Taking Dad home.
Dad’s 3rd stroke occurred at the end of July last year. He had already had 2 strokes earlier in 2017, with the 2nd stroke happening at the end of May 2017.
A vacant seat at the table.
Today is Dad’s birthday. He would have been 82. We had dinner at Mum’s tonight, to celebrate Dad’s birthday. It was the first birthday that Dad wasn’t with us.
Who supported us?
I’ve talked about how we supported Mum to care for Dad and about how we supported each other as a family. Now I’ll begin to tell you how we managed to sustain this…it’s about who supported us.
