Let Me Tell You About My Mother-in-Law
Everyone knows the Mother-In-Law jokes. There are millions of them. And for some people, those jokes aren't just jokes. They are living those jokes. Not me. My Mother-In-Law and I never had any problems with each other. She was never anything but kind and loving to me. She always told everyone that she loved me like a daughter. And she did. She never treated me any different than she would have treated her own children. Then dementia reared it's ugly head. Even during the worst times with this horrible disease, if I took her hands and stared into her eyes and said "Mom, I love you", she would settle down. It seemed to bring her "back" to us when I did this. A while back I wrote another blog post titled "The Wonderful Day" where I described a day out with her with a Dr visit, lunch, prescription pick up, grocery store, and back home. The day started out rocky with her not wanting to take a bath and get her hair washed....