Friends?

There is nothing that bothers me more than people who complain, especially something so insignificance as the weather. You hear about famous people who suffer for weeks, months with cancer and finally pass away. Or a friend looses a loved one. Now that is bad and than finding out that they don't like to complain about their situation.

Well, I am not too happy with myself, actually for the last week or so I have silently complained . Simply because Ted and I are going through a rough time and I have a hard time dealing with it. His Parkinson has been getting a lot worse and I don't really know what to do. I keep on hoping it will go away, may be it's a flu or something. I left a message with the Movement Disorder Clinic this morning. His Neurologist might know what to do.

Believe me when I tell you this is a very difficult situation to cope with. Especially when I have a suggestion and it is not appreciated by the patient!

Yesterday I had an appointment with my doctor and my husband was not able to come along with me. That was hard because we do these things together all the time. Was I desperate? Yes, it made me very depressed. Not only was I on my own in that area. There is more. The drain spout was not working outside and in the pouring rain I tried to fix it. Our Reverse Osmosis system needs  to have the filters replaced, but first I have to pick them up. The car needs an oil change, the lawnmower blades need to be sharpened. I realize that Ron is more than willing to look after that, but it only makes me want to have my healthy husband back.

I really needed a friend, where are they? Just to get a call from somebody out of the blue.

 Then something happened. As I was getting ready to go to the doctor the phone rang and it was Lynne. She was in the neighborhood with our granddaughter, actually she was sitting right on our driveway. I told her that I was getting ready to go and she than offered to take me. Later on in the car I asked if Paul had called her, (because he'd talked with Ted earlier in the morning). Lynne said: “Nobody called me, I just felt like coming over!” I shared with her my predicament and how timely her call was.

When we came back we had tea, little Alyssa brightened up our day. Their visit was just what the doctor (the Lord) ordered.

I am just sharing my down period. I am usually able to cope with any adversity that comes my way, but this is an altogether different ball game. Just realizing that this is not going to get better. In situations like these how we need friends.