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What are your plans for for the holiday get togethers?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Dec 25, 2025 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
We are going to be by ourselves as we were for Thanksgiving.
No close family except his middle daughter who is always too busy unless she wants something.
I know that bothers H., but he has accepted that she is cheap and doesn't care and admitted so to me, which surprised me.
I won't miss having to buy her something nice and then getting a thrift store ashtray w tag still on it, abiet wrapped beautifully. Hubby got an old used, greasy grill set with her telling him that when he learned to use it she would get him an expensive Pampered Chef one. I inquired why she just didn't do that, get him the good new one (knowing what she is like) and was told that she would SELL it to him because it is expensive!. (She sells Pampered Chef).
I am looking forward to watching the Call the Midwives Christmas special, peacefully...I hope.
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@kartwk Your note made me chuckle, as my husband, with MCI also, we're staying home alone for XMAS. We laughed today, when we picked up the mail, as his son was supposed to send us a gift card. Well, once again, nothing in the mail today. Yet it's okay we can get them nice gifts. Even from my own son, I had to order the LED flashlights as a gift for my husband from the grandchildren, so he at least feels remembered on XMAS day. It amazes me with these adult kids...so little time, except for themselves, but It's okay we have to be grateful. We raise them to be independent, I just wish, especially with my husband's MCI, they were a little more supportive and more hands on. I think his son is in denial, and my son from another marriage, views it as "he's not my father." So with you spending time alone, and us doing the same, and I'm sure other caregivers out there with their loved ones, I will think about all of us on XMAS day, as we're in this heartfelt "caregiving" together. To all the caregivers out there, I choose to believe we're not alone, hopefully just knowing that makes our journey a little less difficult, this holiday season.