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Paul Kearney's avatar

Kia Ora from New Zealand. Gosh I hear and feel for you Scott. What a beautifully written story. I spent 5 months with my folks in the UK last year. I felt their world had become very small post covid and my dad was diagnosed 2 years before with late onset dementia, so as the dutiful son, I left my job and went to be there for them as some kind of support. Five months of sorting out their house, gardens and finances all the time trying not to disrupt their routine. When people ask me how was your holiday? I say it was fun and fraught and I’m not sure it was a holiday?

It was an amazing experience for them, so mission completed. My dad and I were at loggerheads most weeks ‘telling me what I should be doing’ sending me right back to my twenties and one of the reasons I emigrated to NZ 22 years ago! Not just Dad, other factors too.

Now he has dementia it was hard to seperate the inner child from the current situation. It was a learning curve though I’m not super sure what the lesson is. Ha

Would I do that again? Probably, there must be a silver lining in that somewhere!

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GH05T's avatar

Get ahold of yourselves! 😈

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