Thank you, Jackie

Mom's hairdresser managed to fit her in this morning for her wash and blow-dry.  She has been doing Mom's hair for quite a few years now and is always immensely kind to her.  Mom must have felt so much better for having her hair washed.  I would have done it this afternoon, but I'm not too good on the old blow drying.  I did have to go and get her up at 11.15 and we were a few minutes late  getting there, but I felt it was an achievement!  Mom and Dad came for tea today. Mom was convinced it was her last meal.  Ever.  So that took a bit of distraction technique to get her away from that circle of thoughts.  We talked about Mom and Dad's early working lives.  Something I knew very little about.  My Dad started working for the cola board testing calorific values!  

Anyway.  It's been a bit of a stressful day in a few ways.  I took myself off down the garden for a bit of therapeutic pruning this afternoon and came back ready to cook and face the rest of the day!

I was interested in the reflections in the hairdressers while I was waiting for Mom to have her hair done.  A big thank you to Jackie and people like her who work so hard to help those living with dementia sustain some semblance of normality...