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Bless you Mary Ann. what a way to get your husband to participate and still reap the benefits. Keep it up. Jo Ann On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:09:47 -0500 Mary Ann Ryan <[log in to unmask]> writes: > . I always kind of thought if you had kids you would possibly have > > someone to oversee care, but even that is not always true. > > Ray > > > Ray I have two lovely children and two wonderful in-law kids, yet I > can't > and don't expect them to be available to care for Jamie. They do > help on > occasion, but caregiving is a singular responsibility. My friends > offer to > help constantly - however, they are often intimidated by Jamie's > dementia. > We have poker games here where the guys from our church come to > bring him > some joy. After watching these wonderful folks struggle trying to > get Jamie > to participate in the game, I have finally agreed to join in. That > way, he > gets to socialize, the guys aren't uncomfortable, and I get to take > their > money. > ------- > God bless > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 65/25) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn