Day 53 - July 6th, 2010 - A Strange Role to Play

"Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home." -Mother Teresa

Today has been a little bit strange. My parents left town for a short vacation in San Diego, and I am looking after my grandmother. I'm used to taking care of myself by now... but I must admit it is a little strange having my grandma solely in my care. She can be more of a handful than I imagined. You see, I can tell she's a little resistant to me being in charge. I'm her grand child. My entire life she's been taking care of me, and she's used to thinking of me as a little girl.

We've been having trouble for a while getting her to take her medications. She won't really do so on her own. I definitely had my difficulties today, but she took them. Hopefully she will help me out on the medications over the next few days and just take them when I give them to her. All I can do is try to see the situation from her perspective. I wouldn't necessarily want to be taking orders from someone who is 66 years younger than me either. Oh well. *sigh*