Help, My Mother Can't Take Care Of Herself!

From time to time it appears that life provides you with a bump in the road. This happens to everyone from time to time but when it comes in the form of one or both parents becoming unable to take care of themselves, that bump becomes a huge pothole. I find myself in this situation at this present time and along with my sister, taking care of our mother is a daunting task. In the next few blog entries, I will attempt to explore this very common problem facing boomers now that their parents who took care of them are not the ones who need the TLC. This experience is not what I thought I would be doing at this time of my life. I understood that there would come a time when my parents would require care. I felt as if I was going to be prepared for this chore but when the time came I was not. This blog will explore the many levels of emotions, the facts of caregiving, and finally some of the reality that goes along with this. I have decided that humor will play a big part in this blog because humor plays a big part in my life. Without humor this daunting task would be more than I could handle.