You just gotta give it time.

I tell distraught Alzheimer care-givers that they have to learn from their experiences. That sure, they'll have bad times. And they'll get upset. But learn from each experience. And the next time something upsetting happens, deal with it by staying relatively calm. And the third time, deal with it even better. That's part of being an Alzheimer's care-giver. You learn to cope. Yes, it's difficult. Ain't easy. Never is. You just have to feel your way. Life is one continuous learning experience. Sometimes, you have to deal with some pretty dreadful stuff. But often that's offset by some pretty nice things. When you are going through the worst of times, you've got to think about the best of times. And that maybe the best of the best of times are yet to come. Jeanne died almost a year ago. That was the worst of times. But I'm discovering that times do get better. You just gotta give it time. --Jim Broede