Hello everybody!
Welcome to the premier episode of "The Granny Diaries." This is our first ever attempt at blogging, or any social media for that matter, so please, bear with us.
Ok...here goes.
We want this to be a blog for the unsung heroes out there; the people who take care of the elderly. This is a vast array of people, ranging in age from child to senior. Everywhere you look, somebody is taking care of a parent or grandparent who is reaching the age of 100. Did you guys know that the first person to reach 200 years old may have already been born? Is this a good thing? We don't necessarily think so. Let's be honest-taking care of the elderly is fucking brutal, especially if they are like Alice.
Alice is our grandmother. She is a ninety year old Lebonese lady who uses guilt like currency. She has been cruel, she has been passive aggressive, she has been downright evil sometimes. She has also been sweet and generous, and that makes us feel like assholes for what we just wrote.
That there is the rub!
What we want to do with this blog is provide a safe haven for people like us. We are doing this for the people out there-the baby boomers who just can't get a break, the twenty-somethings (us) walking around Stop & Shop with a cart full of adult diapers for our grandmother, the people out there dealing with the elderly. We all need a support group, or at least stories to laugh at, because sometimes, that's all you have.
-Kat and JoJo
Too true!! Us 20somethings work hard to care for family members and it's rough. Can't wait to see what else you post here. Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteGreat stories girls!! I didn't know Grandma was so into the Sox!! That was hilarious!
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