Honestly, I'm tryna take it one day at a time. I've been here before. Keep me out of my way. 'Cause I'd like to be here tomorrow. I'm alright, I'm fine. I promised I won't give up without a fight.A Day At A Time - Single · Gentle Bones & Clara Benin
That song stuck with me for a while by now. I find it so uplifting and quite relatable of everything that’s going on in my life currently. Sometimes, I even wonder how strong I can be going through all these. There were times when it was extremely challenging to be positive and times when I wanted to just give it all up and be done with everything. But whenever that happens, I am always shown that there are some better days awaiting and it’s always those sweet moments that I often cherish these days.
While full-time taking care of my parents that are often taking a toll on me, I am grateful to have gotten closer with my friends. It’s like whenever I go out with them, I forget that life can be so cruel and challenging. I am so lucky to have positive and supportive friends who are willing to help when I am in dire need or need emotional support.
Other than that, I reward myself once in a while to a nice brunch. Just like the other day, I went out to have the best day of my life. I wholeheartedly think, the best day starts with a steak brunch. It just fixes your problem temporarily and somehow, for me, helps me think better. I happened to visit this humble steak house in town and was surprised by its price and taste that both were quite okay. It’s certainly not something that is comparable to a mega city but for a small town, the steak was the best.
Today, I was going out with my parents. My adoptive dad is like a child now. Since he’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, things have been extremely challenging. He can’t sit for more than an hour and taking him everywhere is almost impossible. But today, we also visited the graveyard of my biological dad and we prayed for him. Somehow my adoptive dad was pretty alright until it got extremely hot outside.
I definitely need to clean up his gravestone and install a newer one so it doesn’t get lost. After visiting the cemetery, we went to get some refreshing drinks. My dad orders refreshing watermelon and my mom with her taro obsession. Both of them were really happy and laughing a lot. It’s pretty rare to see my dad laughing these days but I got to see him laughing again which made my heart full.
We didn’t really stay long. We only stayed around 30 minutes because my dad was already bored. He wanted to go home and started throwing a little tantrum. So, I sent them with an online taxi and I was going to meet up with a friend of mine to work from a cafe.
These days, I am glad I have my friend to accompany me working from the cafe. While most of these years, I am often all alone. It's always nice to have company. We also discussed how to bring more users to hive and it’s something I’ve been working on lately. I have a few homework assignments to do and I'm going to do them very soon. I'm definitely going to need some help here and there.
Other than that, I am still finding time where I can continue studying since mostly, after home I’d feel pretty exhausted and hardly opening my laptop again. It’s why whenever I am outside at the cafe, I tend to maximize everything and actually work from there. There’s also a little more distraction outside than at home. Although there are times when being home is something I’d prefer more than being outside of the house and in cafes.
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰. |
I am very sorry that your adoptive father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, this is that type of disease that requires a lot of patience, since there will be days when it will be unrecognizable.
How great that you have found the company of your friend in the cafeteria, it is always good to share pleasant moments with another person
Thank you very much dear friend @macchiata for sharing this daily experience
Have a great day
It's indeed requiring a lot of patience. It can be really exhausting but I just hope I am given a lot more strength. Thanks for checking out, hope you're having an awesome day.
Hello dear friend, I hope everything continues well, there are difficult days and you just have to keep that courage to move forward and that is that there are cloudy days but then come those bright days, it has not been easy to struggle alone with parents in extreme conditions full time, however you are moved by love for them and it is your rewarding part to see them laugh fills your soul that good that they can have you you are an incredible person full of much courage to be there every day to give the best of you. Having friends is part of moving forward don't feel alone there will always be a light for you. Thank you for sharing part of your experience. A big hug friend.🫂❤️❤️❤️
Seeing laughter from there was definitely worth it. I learned so much from this to never really give up. While it's not always sunshine, there are times when it will be. Have a great day!
What a nice friend, you can not give up, there will always be a way out and everything will get better, I have many experiences that I have managed to overcome, thinking that after the storms comes the calm. Many hugs with great affection, take care of yourself, I hope you rest a lot.💝🫂
First of all I want to tell you that if you want to share any problem here you have a hive friend who is going through a delicate health situation, but I can advise, to try to improve our state of mind.
What you are doing with your foster parent in this new condition is admirable and should find you as positive as possible because you get sick yourself and need to be well so you can help them.
About your dad's tombstone I share and applaud it because it says well of you as a good daughter.
Having a friend is a priceless treasure and in times like these it is a blessing because friends know you and support you like no one else.
In my case hive has helped me not to think about my health problem and trying to add new bees to the corduroy will do you good.
Here I am, if you want advice or a helping hand.
Related to the comment you made about increasing my participation believe me I want to do it, but, sometimes it is difficult for me because of the pictures and the ones I have had do not show the pets in the best possible way.
Apparently I was taken for a fool because I entered to see if there was an initiative and it is false.
Have an excellent day.
Cheers and best regards.
That's so true! having some type of distractions usually helps. In my case when it comes to interaction here, sometimes it's pretty challenging to get some time for hive since nowadays my IRL life is taking quite a tool. Thank you for checking out and I really appreciate your offer.
I am very sorry for the strong situations you are going through right now, it is not easy to take care of a family member when he/she is in poor health, but keep being as strong and radiant as you have been doing, you are doing well, and you will always receive a great reward for doing the right things with your parents, it is not easy, but have faith that after the storm comes the calm.
I really hope so. I mean there were days when it's challenging and difficult. Sometimes I want to give up but I know, there are better days ahead of me.
Of course you can, partner, good things wait, just keep having the strength to move forward, don't give up and don't let the demons of your mind destroy you, you are stronger than that.