TJ North

Quick family visit went well, I got there about 11:30pm last night and got home just over 24 hours later. My grandmother  enjoyed the company, I think, and she knew us most of the time. She is seeing things and talking to people who aren’t there, which is hard to explain to the children, and hard for my sister and I to see. She is a strong woman who had an amazing life, and we spent a lot of time with our grandparents when we were younger. We were lucky that way. Plus my family seems to have a longevity gene - almost everyone lives well over 90, even the smokers! I remind myself of this when I am tempted to dip into the retirement savings.

A very chatty palliative care volunteer was there for a couple of hours so we took another aged aunt, my mother, and the girls to the beach. It was great! It was an inland lake so the water temp was reasonable, the girls and I played in the shallows, although their mother (my baby sister) kept reminding them to be nice to their ‘older auntie.’ I did get a bit too much sun on my back, to my chagrin as I am preaching sunscreen to all.  In my defense I did smear it all over but it must have washed off.