I totally agree with you. Do your best & yes, it is hard. The way I figure it is that this is what I signed up for when we married. And, in sickness & in health really does hit home. When we were married, my uncle / God father who officiated at our wedding told us during pre-marital counseling that marriage is a 100 / 100 percent proposition, not 50 / 50. He said that sometimes both partners can give 100 percent, others not so much. Sometimes one partner have to give 150 percent while the other can only give 50 percent in the case of illness, accident, work commitments, etc. Now that my husband has Lewy Body Dementia with moderately severe decline & multiple symptoms 6 years after his first symptom (unidentified at the time) & 3 1/2 years since diagnosis, I too would not trade him for anything. As hard & frustrating caregiving is, I too feel blessed to help him!

It is nice to hear this from another caregiver & to know we are not alone in this! Thank God for this forum to connect with each other.

Take care. I think about my fellow caregivers out there every day.