It is August already and my daughter let me know my five year old returns to school on the fifth! That is crazy!!! I mean what happened to summer vacation? It is a good thing she said something because we would have missed the first day of kindergarten. I am excited but not ready to let her go back to school yet. Even with her rowdy behavior and her screaming at me first thing in the morning, I am just not ready. Today was a good day for her although quite whiney she tried hard to share. Sharing comes very hard for her. Especially when it comes to her little sister and almost two year old granddaughter. Alone with either she is fine but add the next kid into the mix and there is trouble.....times three.
More adventures of the lazy and the demented
Every day brings new challenges. Especially if I think I have it all under control. This week brought my oldest granddaughter joining the Air Force. She did tell me she was going to do it. I did encourage it. But others were told that she was leaving for college. So gullible me thought it was still college. Looking back many, many years I realized everyone else except her parents and me, were acting like my mother when I announced I was going to follow my then boyfriend into the service. Negativity with all capital letters, you are too weak, you will never succeed, you cannot handle it, and so on. In retrospect I am honored that she trusted me enough to confide in me. As I type this, I watch someone who is much too old to eat kernels of corn with her fingers do just that. Shower will happen after dinner, as it is a messy one tonight and a shower is needed regardless. Dementia is something I thought I understood fairly well, that is until it moved in. I try to celebrate the little ...
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