I wrote this about a year ago and as we approach the first anniversary of Dad’s passing I thought it important to share again .
There is something I’d like to share with you- something that I didn’t realise until I started writing this booklet.
I know I have had a lot of challenges, a lot of pressures, a lot of things that didn’t go so well for me during the past 14 months but there is one thing that makes everything that has happened bearable.
We are caring for our Dad.
It is as simple as that –what is the alternative – that he is no longer with us. Mum has already passed away, our sister has passed away, my mother-in-law has passed away. We are only a small family we need as many members as possible. Losing another one just now would be so very sad.
So even though it is tough caring for our Dad there is no other way I’d have it.
You never know what you have got until it’s gone.
I love facebook and I am often on it – I love the posts people make, letting each and everyone of us glimpse inside their lives. I love the wonderful sayings that are posted and I have received so much strength and wisdom from them.
More than that I love that if you are feeling down and need a bit of attention you can post something a bit sad and your Facebook family will rally around you. Or if you are blatantly obvious like me you can ask for a hug….. it works every time.
What I see a lot on facebook is people remembering their loved ones that have passed and wishing they were here for one more smile, one more hug, just one more anything.
Whenever I read these posts of think of my passed loved ones and how much I miss them. I think of the wonderful memories I have, I think of all the good times and then I think of how lucky I am to be able to see our Dad whenever I want to, to talk with him, to share his memories. Yes I think how lucky I am.
It is pretty simple really isn’t it – yes there are lots of challenges but what is the alternative. At this moment in time I am not ready for the alternative.
