What to do????

When there's nothing to do. My Dad as I keep mentioning is in poor health. He has ulcers and is 79 years old and thinks he is just ready to die. He is now refusing to eat. He has lost a tremendous amount of weight and doesn't seem to think that it is making him weak. Yesterday he fell and my 78 year old mother struggled to get him back up. She is sore and tired today. I have instructed her to call 911 next time for help and then to call me and I will come to them. Whether or not she will, I do not know. The Dr. has asked him to accept some in home physical therapy. He has agreed but told my Mom that he is too weak and won't be able to do it so they are wasting their time. I spoke to the Dr. about depression and he put him on meds Friday so maybe they will get in his system in the next couple of weeks and maybe that will help. So far nothing has helped his attitude at all. I am at the end of my rope and do not know what to do. I know he is elderly but I do not see any reason for him to not be able to get better if he will just try. He has never been an easy man but now he is impossible. My poor Mother is there all the time. I am worried about her too. It is a very difficult time right now.

Kindergarten Smells

As posted before, I am the director of a Parent's Day Out at a Presbyterian Church. We are closed for the summer but I am still there quite often to return calls and meet with perspective families. Today I got a call from one of our preschool parents. Their daughter was in our program from the infant room all the way through the preschool class. She is going to Kindergarten in August. Her Mom called today to tell me that she said she couldn't go to Kindergarten after all. When asked why, the little girl told her Mom that it smelled at the big school so she would just come back to our school instead. Apparently our school smells like home but the big school smells funny. Kids are funny. I love it.

Memorial Service

I am attending yet another memorial service tomorrow. I have worked in a church for almost 15 years. During that time I have become very close to many of the members. In the past 3 weeks we have lost 3 members. It is an older congregation but it is heartbreaking to keep losing so many so close together. Tomorrow the memorial service is for a lady that was one of the first that welcomed me to the church back in 1993. She was very outspoken and honest throughout the years. The thing that I liked most about her was that you never had to wonder what she was thinking or how she felt about things. Some people loved her, others didn't. Her ashes will be sprinkled in the garden. It is a peaceful, quiet place. I think it is nice that she wanted her ashes there. She had planned her service from start to finish. She did not wish to burden her family in any way. She will be missed.