I shall put the crochet hearts in a bag and there they will stay along with some blankets and shawls until I need the space and then I will throw them away.
I've just received an email from a local carers group, about how I need to practice self care. I usually delete this sort of email as I find them irritating as I'm sure many other carers do.
This post is written tongue in cheek!
It contains the usual suggestions:-
Have a long relaxing bubble bath, I cant, I don't have a bath only a shower.
Phone a friend, I can't as I can't hear on the phone.
Play some cheerful music and dance, I can't, I'm too deaf to hear music.
Binge watch a box set, I can't, anything I watch is on a teeny tiny screen and it's bloody hard work reading subtitles on such a small screen.
Read a book, I can't my kindle has gone on strike and won't download books any more.
Go for a walk, I can't it's pissing down and Beano won't walk in the rain and he cries if left behind.
Light some candles, on a woodlined boat, you have got to be joking!
10 comments:
Oh Hester I hope you laughed, otherwise you'd cry. Try to see the positives, there are some, honest. People love your blog, spring is on its way and hopefully some form of lockdown easing should happen soon. Even just a visit to a coffee shop for a sit-down and an exchange of words with a stranger on the weather or anything else will be nice.
Keep posting x
Spring is just around the corner Sue, it won't be long before enough of us are vaccinated to allow us a bit of freedom, and the hearing aid places will be open again!
I was told many years ago, "When you reach the end of your rope, make a knot and hang on" and I think there are a lot of us needing to make knots at the moment.
It's been a bugger of a year, for all of us in one way or another, but I'm doing my best to count my blessings. It's not always easy when nothing seems to be going right though is it?
You've got a family who love you, and it won't be too long now before you're allowed to see them, so next time things really get you down, think of how good those cuddles are going to feel, it's going to be bloody brilliant when we're all together again!
Also, you know perfectly well that you're not going to throw your crocheted things away, you'll send them to a good home, you're not the selfish type!
So come on, get busy making that ruddy great knot, grab it, and hang on!
Col X
I am a carer for Tom. He has a lung disease and can't do much other that potter. Therefore I have to do all the heavy lifting and bending as he is unable to do these things now.
Some days I get exhausted and Tom feels bad about this. I find that a good sleep in the lounger gets me back to normal and I carry on. what else can carers do?
Briony
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Someone in the paper the other day suggested that the age for going into pubs be raised to 65 as we have all been vaccinated and could go.Now that is a great idea!!!
Could your Kindle be full?? If you have too many books saved... delete delete delete. Maybe then you can download more. Also try rebooting...
Another thought about the little hearts, if I may. How about sewn around the edge of a plain baby blanket?
I do think things will be easing up soon. I hope so. I am also a carer and have no support at this time. Trying to take life day by day. Our social life is doctor's visits and a big thrill is going to the grocery store once a week! No kidding.
Here in the States there's an organization that uses velvet and velour to make very small, stuffed handsewn hearts, called "feelie hearts." They are given to those who have sorrow and pain and sadness, to carry in their pockets and feel them with their fingers when they need reassurance. I made some once, gave them to some children who felt bullied at school. I tested them before I gave them away, it felt so good to touch the shape of the heart and feel the velvet bending over under my fingertips, deep in the darkness of my pocket.
Your crocheted hearts reminded me of this experience.
I had an appointment for my hearing aid to be updated in May 2020 which was understandably cancelled and I have just had a letter offering me an appointment on 6th March at 8.30 which will be difficult as I am a carer for my husband, the appointment is an hour away and I need to get hubby up,washed and dressed and fed but I will manage as I am pretty excited about being able to hear better as y know not being able to see people's mouths has made conversations difficult.. If you can possibly afford it I suggest you replace the kindle as losing yourself in a book is a great therapy.
Oh, those emails send my blood pressure up. Hubby and I are each others' sole carers, and I'm currently unable to leave the house without his help.
The one that really gets to me is the "Stay in touch with friends and family" one. Er.... to do that you have to actually have friends and family in the first place!
As for binge-watching tv - that's my idea of hell!
I much prefer a good RPG (Role Playing Game) on the pc; I can bash the living daylights out of the baddies, and just for a while, pretend I'm not disabled. :-)
I wouldn't mind so much if the emails weren't so bloody chirpy.
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