Recent content by Littlejohn

Thank you. I am thankful that her misery is over, at least. And condolences on your mother.

I should add that while I wouldn't call it kidnapping, putting her alone in a strange little room was cruel and inhumane. I have to agree with you as far as that goes.

Her memory was going fast and she was having bouts of dementia, so it wasn't just the phone scammer. One example: when her house was being cleaned out, the cleaners found that she had been composting organic garbage in a kitchen cupboard. She couldn't function on her own anymore.

All the support I've had here means a lot to me. It helped bring me out of a funk and I can't thank you all enough for that. My mother would have approved.:)

That's pretty much the attitude of my siblings. They only see it from their perspective. Never any consideration for how it will affect our mother. It's pretty easy to do whatever you want with someone who can't defend herself. That's what's going on here. She became a non-entity to them when...

Just a note to say my mother died several days ago in palliative care so her suffering is finally over. Four years too late but it's over.

@ seadoug and peppermint patty, thank you for that.

Update: This afternoon, my mother's doctor at the hospital gave me the option to continue treatment or stop it and let her die. I faced the same decision 12 days ago and chickened out at the prospect of watching her die in front of me. This time I didn't hesitate. Her suffering had to end. The...

My mother was never interested in social activities at the home mostly because, I think, she couldn't be social. She quit going to the dining room for meals because her tablemates acted funny or didn't talk back to her, not realizing that they had their problems and that she herself could be...

That sounds good in principle but you don't know my siblings. After having the decision suddenly thrust on me to let my mother live or die, something that choked me up as I considered having to watch her die if I made that decision, I haven't heard a single word of gratitude or sympathy from...

Thanks. It might be a moot point as my mother has taken a bit of a turn for the worse in the hospital but if she ends up well enough, I'll explore the options for a doll of some kind.

That is something I hadn't heard before and I wish I had. We waited way too long, as it turned out. My mother had a stint in the hospital for a minor physical issue when it became obvious that she couldn't live at home. The change knocked her for a loop. I watched her have a hallucination right...

Thank you for that. It's good to know that there are people out there who understand.

I was twelve and not into music yet but got caught up in all the hype leading up to it. The music didn't make much of an impression on me but the hair-shaking and carefree attitude did. I grew into the music and they became a big part of my adolescence. They broke up just as I was leaving my...

Thanks for that. I'll save them for a little later when everything here settles down. I have a lot to learn about it.