Butch,

Thanks for blogging this! I laughed so hard I thought I would chock on my coffee. For a long time, I've preached that the best way to cope with caregiving is to learn to develop our sense of humors more...to laugh at the things that might other wise make us cry. I figured this out when I caregave for my dad. I was living under such a cloud of depression because of his dementia that I felt that I was drowning. To help get myself out of it, I start keeping a diary of all the funny things that my dad did and said plus things to be gratiful for. Pretty soon I found myself thinking, "This would be good for the diary" and that helped turn me around.

Jean

One time Dad was telling me to do something for him while he had company. The company said, Do you do that all the time? Dad said, She does everything I tell her to do. The company looked at me sadly. I smiled and said, It's OK, Dad does everything I tell him to do too. Plus, if he's telling me stuff, it means he can talk.

I don't think they ever got it.

Thanks for your blogs, I usually get a smile, or in this case a laugh from them.

OMG....I laughed so hard at this I thought my stitches would pop out!!!

Thanks for sharing and the laugh.

Cindy

Thanks for the good chuckle. As a survivor who had lost impulse control and said whatever I thought, I can appreciate Lisa saying that. Keep your sense of humor!

Pam

that is a hoot butch!!!!! i wish i had a "bitch"!!!!!!!! that probably was filed somewhere in her mind from a prison movie. i think it's funny too!!! you have a great sense of humor butch!!!!!

kim