@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.