Taking some backroads home...

From my visit with mom. Tough decision time coming sooner than I'd like. Decisions I don't want and dread to have to make. I'm being a Scarlett in saying I don't want to think about it today - I'll think about it tomorrow. I still want her to be able to go home and I keep wishing for it, but reality says it's not going to happen. Sometimes, she's so feisty and lucid, most of the time - she's not, and she did not recognize me on this day. Not very encouraging for her or me.

[Danette Thompson]

I'm very sorry about your mom. Decisions get difficult.

[Mags]

@danette Thank you, Danette. Very difficult - the kind that will break her heart if she's able to comprehend them, and mine for her sake.

[LManning (Laura)]

It is so very hard to balance the physical needs and the emotional ones. Hope the quiet backroads and green trees soothed your soul a little.

[Mags]

@ljmanning Thank you, Laura! Backroads always seem to calm and soothe. =) Best therapy I know.

[Sally Ings]

My thoughts are with you. I can only imagine how tough it must be to have to make decisions about one's parents.

[Mags]

@salza Thank you, Sally! The tough part is doing what is best for her health and well being is only going to make her unhappy.

[Kate]

Tough decision. I was fortunate in that my brother became the caregiver for my parents so they could be at home until the end.

[Mags]

@k9photo It is tough, but I have to do it. No siblings or aunts and uncles left to help. Friends say I have got to be tough to do what is best for her.

[Milanie]

Can't imagine the sleepless nights that's giving you - doing what's physically best for her, emotionally will be so hard for both of you. There's never an easy way around it. Prayers for you.

[Mags]

@milaniet Appreciate your prayers, Milanie. Thank you for your kind words too.

[Esther Rosenberg]

That must be so hard! and most of the time even harder on the caregiver/you. Best wishes.

[Kathy A]

I really feel for you Mags, I remember going through the same thing with my Dad

[Mags]

@dutchothotmailcom Thank you, Esther. Very kind.

@kjarn Thanks, Kathy. We never expect the roles to reverse on us like they do.