tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post5174619995567367048..comments2024-03-12T09:31:59.061+09:00Comments on Okaasan and Me: A timely reminderOyome-san1http://www.blogger.com/profile/17613603965553003711noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-33484869343253959482011-05-29T08:21:19.584+09:002011-05-29T08:21:19.584+09:00But I DO regard looking after Okaasan as a job! So...But I DO regard looking after Okaasan as a job! Something I have to do, just grin and get on with it....and if there is a way to skive off...I do....like Sunday lunchtimes when he is working ...I try to fox it so that I am out or only give her lunch and then go back outside/upstairs.<br />And when he is away and I am 100% The Decider....I just mentally add Okaasan Care onto my working day.....so that I stop work when I finally escape the kitchen and come back upstairs.Oyome-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658655347848108222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-12648133302339533812011-05-28T21:21:40.574+09:002011-05-28T21:21:40.574+09:00I agree with everyone.. you really do have a heart...I agree with everyone.. you really do have a heart of gold! I do at the nursing home cuz it's a job. I can barely deal with my MIL and she's "normal", I think....???JY69https://www.blogger.com/profile/00556195093369496388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-21693989451157872592011-05-28T17:56:15.808+09:002011-05-28T17:56:15.808+09:00I've seen those programs about Hoarders..it is...I've seen those programs about Hoarders..it is some kind of reassurance response going on I think in many cases. I'm guessing that Okaasan knows she has memory problems, so she doesn't want to put anything AWAY in a cupboard or drawer out of sight. Or - she always thinks "I must do something about those socks later..." and "later" never comes.<br />But I have to be very very careful about cleaning and what I move or throw away in case it is the one thing she DOES remember!Oyome-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658655347848108222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-38357892379949435862011-05-28T09:31:27.194+09:002011-05-28T09:31:27.194+09:00Back in Australia now, I've been watching an A...Back in Australia now, I've been watching an American show about hoarders - wo-oa-oa-ah. I imagine your mum-in-law's place in Saitama was a bit like what I've seen there.... I guess it's one blessing that there's a smaller space to contain her in now!!! Must be very tiring for you though, I obviously don't have one hundredth of your patience!!!Kymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-16165751663834876102011-05-28T07:34:26.039+09:002011-05-28T07:34:26.039+09:00Patient? Kind? Me?????Nooooooooo!!!!Patient? Kind? Me?????Nooooooooo!!!!Oyome-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658655347848108222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-24084331580784367252011-05-27T18:58:26.956+09:002011-05-27T18:58:26.956+09:00You are so patient and kind. I need to take lesson...You are so patient and kind. I need to take lessons. Happy Friday, friend. :)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085622205448586156noreply@blogger.com