Life Changes

Life changes Sometimes life gets in the way of our wants and needs and we're prevented from doing the things we'd like to do when we want to do them. Such is my life. My husband passed away one year ago after a long illness. I'm still trying to recapture my desire to write while looking after my 97 yr old mother. She's a joy to take care of - does almost everything for herself, very independent but will ask for help when she needs it. I've seen a weakening in her spirit and physical being in the last couple of months. That saddens me. It's like she's slipping away, little by little, and there's nothing I can do to prevent it. That sounds selfish, I know, but that's another change in my life and who likes change? We moved in May to be closer to my brothers and my sons and she has enjoyed seeing them quite often. We are having a family dinner to celebrate her 97th birthday; nothing elaborate, just family and all of them hope they have inherited her genes.