Individual Attention

Haven't posted any pictures lately - and so in honor of my dad (I miss him - he's in Idaho right now) - here's a picture from his front porch - God's Country. At the very bottom of the picture is the dirt road that leads to his home! He even has a barn - will post a picture of me riding the lawn mower in the future.
So, I finally made it to an Alzheimer's Support group tonight - only to have noone show up except the facilitators - wow - should have been going to the group earlier than this if the whole group has had their problems worked out and doesn't need support anymore! Apparently there was another meeting the night before that everyone must have attended. But what a blessing for me. When I got there - Gina (one of the facilitators) gave me a booklet of information - written and compiled by Liz (the other facilitator) - and since noone else showed up - I got individual attention from Liz (also a former Helpline Volunteer and caregiver). So I talked a bit about my mom and mentioned the fixation on her tooth and we spent most of the time talking about ways to communicate with my mom when she brings up the tooth - and there were several - DUH moments I had - you know - things that you should know, but can't figure out until someone else points them out. So I now have a strategy to use when my mom starts to complain about her tooth. So we'll see how it all works. So even though I was the only one that showed up - I truly got a lot of support!