LJ Idol 10: Take A Hike

[xo_kizzy_xo]

The afternoon my mother was officially diagnosed with dementia, I jumped into my Jeep and took off down Route 3 toward the Cape. I passed the exit to work, the exit to my mother-in-law's, exit to one sister-in-law, another sister-in-law. I had no idea fast I went, only that I whooshed past signs, trees, and other vehicles, eyes half on the road,

Comments

[adoptedwriter]

So much emotion! Very powerful!

[rayaso]

I am so sorry about your mother. Dementia is such an awful condition. I loved the way you wrote this, with the various incidents. Are they true? There's a pattern here.

[shadowwolf13]

<3

[halfshellvenus]

Of all the situations you fled, this had to be the worst at that point. None of the choices seem good, you can't fix it, and it doesn't get better-- and that is a lot to deal with when you first hear it.

I'm so sorry you and your mother went through this.

[auntconi]

(((hugs)))

Very well written!

I experienced the same thing when I first saw my father after hearing he had Parkinson's.

They wintered in Florida and it had been four months since I'd seen him. I lived about three hours from my family.

My siblings were all gathered at his home and I was arriving for the first time.

Shortly after I arrived and we all greeted, etc and were chatting to get caught up and I saw him shaking and having trouble talking ... I grabbed my purse and went outside as I started to cry and didn't want he and mum to see me falling apart.

My car was parked around the corner, out of view of their house. I got in the car and was crying and started the car thinking I would 'go away' ...

Well I sat there a while and didn't leave, but I did cry. When I settled down I went back in and apologized... saying 'I had forgotten something in the car.

Fear can make one do strange things!

(((hugs)))