Hello From Rockville

This is Labor Day Week-end, kind of the end of Summer. It has been a cool summer and in areas of Minnesota it has been dry, here in the St. Cloud area the corn and soy beans look good but we do need a longer fall as the corn is so green and needs more time to mature before we get frost. .

This morning I went into church and worked with Mary on trimming and counting Box Tops for Education, we will do this weekly until we get caught up, we worked for 2 hours, Mary's Husband cleaned the sanctuary while we worked.

I went home for lunch then back to the VA to meet with other ladies with spouses with dementia, a very helpful support group. Most of the other wives's husbands are much worse then Harlan. I do gain some helpful information and I knew there are others who have been in my position for a much longer time then I have and how they cope.

While I was with Harlan DeeAnn called me and said Izzie, she is Denese's youngest granddaughter, wanted to talk to me so we chatted but I wasn't sure what she told me.

Harlan is having a hard time and I am hopeful that the new antidepressant will help him. He just doesn't understand why he can't live with me. Today he wanted to "sneak" down the elevator with me and get in my car when it was time for his supper, he just wanted to get out.

We went to Perkins and he had his usual, Apple Carmel pie with ice cream and hot chocolate and I had dinner. When he got the pie he decided that next time he would have a different pie or something else as he is "apple pied out" after all these days of the same thing.

All of you out on the highways drive carefully so we can continue to keep in touch. Have a great week-end and stay safe..........Fran