"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
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Judy wrote:
But the phone issue is something that *does* affect her care.

Yeah, and I think the starting point has to be that your
brother isn't going to change his behavior. I'm not
intending to cast aspersions of any sort on your brother,

Oh, no. That's MY job!

What was that joke about how many psychologists does it take to change a
lightbulb? (Just one but the lightbulb has to really *want* to change.)

I can't change him. And if I could, I wouldn't know where to
start.......... Maybe I should make a list. Just in case.

It sounds like the aggravations are really piling up.

Only four out of four parents...........

All those years that they were all alive and healthy when our friends were
dealing with parent deaths one at a time - we're paying for it all now.

The dogs, however are great. I don't know what we'd be doing without the
escape of agility.

And that warm body snuggled up next to us on the couch helps a lot.

Judy