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[quote=Anonymous]Just a vent. I think my dad is slowly going senile. He sometimes has the most vacant look, other times he is sharp as a tack. He sometimes thinks it is like 40 years ago, but then he snaps back fast. He is also getting more difficult. My mother is just becoming more cranky, probably in part from dealing with him, and she is having more health issues. She is good about getting together with friends and doing other things she enjoys. If I try to offer help she usually gets offended and sometimes tells me off for treating her like a child. Other times she accepts help and is very gracious. She loses her temper more easily-more like when we were growing up and she was stressed out, not like her retired more laid back self.

I know I am very lucky to have had them healthy and 100% cognitively together for as long as I did. I am also lucky I can afford to do the things I need to do to take care of myself and I have a mostly good and healthy marriage and my kids are at a good place. I think when they start to need more help, if they get really defiant I will join a support group. I am adjusting to the fact I need to be the more mature one and expect and forgive their cranky episodes. I am also trying not to take anything personally. I also stop myself everytime I wonder...what if they decline at the same time one of my kids go through a difficult time, what if one goes completely senile and the other goes into denial...

Vent over.[/quote]

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