A Wondrous Challenge - CHANGE

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Every living thing is constantly changing…. even if we can’t see it in real time. It’s amazing really. We look away for a day and the buds are leafing, or the leafs changing color, getting ready to fall and decompose, fertilizing future growth. Humans too - everything changing, constantly, without seeing in real time. Miraculous.

What’s ironic is, we are creatures of routine - we love things to stay the same. Change is often hard to handle. How boring though, life would be if it were ground-hug’s day, everyday? Is change a factor in after-life?

Spring Sprout

Fall Foliage

And then there is Winter - snow in November to April, stealing time from Spring and Fall.

First Sown

These days, I’m inclined to opt for same-o, everyday, southern California 75 degree sunny blue skies - if I had my druthers. That not being the case, I choose to cherish change I experience in weather, or in whatever.

The other day I felt good to learn to deal better with one of Patty’s Alzheimer's changes - Rather than ordering, or suggesting brushing teeth, I said I am going to brush my teeth and she followed. There is dignity in making this decision, like many others, for one self. It is hard for Patty, as it would be for me, to ask for help in brushing teeth, or other basic self-care routines. I learned to deal with Patty’s change by anticipating her needs and doing basic things like dressing and teeth brushing together - laying things out, and she takes it from there. Although she put panties over panties the other day…..as my son would say, TMI.