tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880162.post7112239602488374673..comments2024-01-08T09:26:27.786-06:00Comments on Master Dream's precious treasure: It's Worth ItMaster Dream's precious treasurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459695398110281594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880162.post-77097629218430066492012-06-18T16:21:19.141-05:002012-06-18T16:21:19.141-05:00Despite everything Serafina did for Mom (the last ...Despite everything Serafina did for Mom (the last two years it was Serafina's efforts that prevented us from having to put Mom into a nursing home much more than my own - I was working full time) Mom struggled with accepting her until very close to the end. <br /><br />I don't know how to make that kind of hurt go away . . . <br /><br />I loved my Mother very deeply, but I also knew that she showed me precious little respect for all that my slave/wife and I did for her, and I suspect that you are in a similar situation.Michael Samadhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485861725982649290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880162.post-28815923673540872112012-06-17T11:32:32.562-05:002012-06-17T11:32:32.562-05:00You couldn't be more right and i have more to ...You couldn't be more right and i have more to be thankful for than one could imagine. More often than not i am a duck, allowing everything to slide right off my back. <br /><br />Of course, i was looking at the bigger picture and not one luncheon invitation. When one thing happens, it's easy to think that it's a mistake, when two, three or ten things have happened, a pattern has clearly developed and it's impossible to not be hurt, at least for a while. Until you pick yourself back up and move on to the next chore.Master Dream's precious treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17459695398110281594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880162.post-23500470226842563822012-06-16T21:22:35.575-05:002012-06-16T21:22:35.575-05:00I spent years as a caregiver for a parent who woul...I spent years as a caregiver for a parent who would alternately dish out love and condemnation. I don't regret a single moment in retrospect, although there were times I felt used and abused. Instead of feeling slighted by the lack of an invitation, could you consider yourself fortunate to have had the time alone with Master without the distraction of their presence?Michael Samadhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485861725982649290noreply@blogger.com