Things with my parents are progressing and it's clear that we'll need more help sooner than later. I keep praying for wisdom and, sometimes, even strength to handle whatever comes our way. I feel mostly for my dad since he's taking the brunt of it all. He's showed complete heroism as he daily takes care of my mother, who is now reduced to being a child. He doesn't look at the whole picture (though he is not unaware of it) because it brings him down. He'd rather deal with it one moment at a time than to focus on the inevitability. Sure, it's going to happen and it's going to get worse for both of them but, really, what else can you do?

We've got to focus on mom's vertigo. It makes her unsteady gait even more unsteady. I don't know what else to do. I guess I'll have to take a page out of dad's book and take it as it comes. She fell a couple weeks ago and I wanted to get a ramp up but that's proving a lot more expensive than hoped for so, I'll see if I can get some new stairs w/a railing. It's a start.....