Yesterday Was A Bad Day

I got news late Monday night that a good friend of mine, someone that I have known for 25 years, was killed in the war. 

He voluntarily joined the Ukraine military on the first day of invasion. Defended Ukraine in the Kherson region. After Kherson was transferred to Bakhmut where he was killed on the first day of his deployment. 

He was buried yesterday on the Alley of Fame at the Far Eastern Cemetery in the city of Mark. 

But when it rains it pours. 

 I am a caregiver to my 97 year-old mom. 

She has dementia (she is at level 6 on a scale of 7) and is now in poor health. The family made the decision during Covid that she stay at my home. That it would be best that she be in surroundings that she knows, and with people that care and love her.

In the past few weeks her health has been deteriorating slowly but surely. Yesterday was a particularly bad day. She can easily pass away tonight .... or still be here 6 months from now. But I see the end coming, and I am preparing myself as best that I can for it.

During this time I will blog when I can. And when I cannot, it is because of what is happening in my home.

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