This is so true and something I see playing out on a daily basis. My husband’s doctors are only able to tell us what might happen, none of them can give us a clear picture of what is ahead. We get up each day wondering what new challenge might appear and what it will take to overcome it. I am learning to simply be grateful that we have those new days, many of our friends haven’t been as lucky.

When we first talked about getting in-home care a nurse came to our home to do an assessment. She asked questions about activities of daily living, things that I might need to help my husband complete. Many were things that I did without even giving it much thought. Then we got to meet with a local agency representative to create a plan of care for my husband. These two visits were clarifying as we realized that we might be further down the road in our journey than we realized.

Neither of us expected our lives to turn out the way they have yet we are still thankful to be “on the green side of the grass” as my husband puts it. What has helped me most has been keeping an open heart, an open mind and giving our best effort when faced with new challenges. No matter how difficult, we’ll find a way through. After all, that’s all we can do.