Shoveling Again

9 thoughts on “Shoveling Again”

1. That’s a little bit of snow you have there, Sally!

   1. And I’ve heard there’s more coming!

2. I’ll bet it made his day.

   1. It absolutely did. I just worry that he’s going to fall or hurt himself.

      1. I went through this, at the same time, with my parents and my daughter. They were in their late 80s and she was a toddler.

         It was a fine line between keeping them safe and crushing their spirit.

         I hope I navigated the line well.

      2. I always knew that being a burden was my grandparents and parents biggest fear, with not being useful as the 2nd biggest fear. I guess this is their way of pushing the monster away.

         Someday, we’ll be looking at this from their point of view. I don’t know about you, but it kind of scares me.

   2. There’s a great book — The House on Beartown Road by Elizabeth Cohen — about a woman caring for her elderly father while raising her daughter. It’s funny, touching, sad, bittersweet — all the adjectives that you probably lived through.

3. Stubbornness prevails.

   1. Indeed. And sneak out when she’s not looking.

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