CherylAnn
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There was never any end to my routine. I have two kids who are 12 and 16 and a husband and a full time job. I was never allowed to 'not do' anything. No matter how rotten I felt there was never any respite from driving to soccer, doing laundry, making meals, having my kids friends over, going to work everyday, picking up the groceries, driving my daughter to work.. There just was no one else to do these things. No neighbours to volunteer to help with the driving, no church group to bring casseroles. family is all 1000 miles away. Right up until the very end when mom was pallitive, and then some help magically appeared for a little while. Even at that, it was my work friends that were the most supportive and my friends in other provinces. I never even heard from one of my husbands sisters. Two weeks after the funeral there was a card in the mail. Never heard from anyone at my husbands church. Although they did show up a week after my moms death (from cancer) collecting for the cancer society - go figure. I guess you just plug away on auto pilot. The exhaustion can be overwhelming though. I was getting dizzy spells and woozy periods, hives, hair falling out, severe insomnia and I just kept going like the energizer bunny. I suppose a person has to actually collapse before anyone notices (lol)- even then I suppose they would just leave the dishes until I came too!! Post edited by: CherylAnn, at: 04/17/2008 10:16
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