2024 52 Card Project: Week 42: Teamwork
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pegkerrThis is going to be brief because I'm at my mom's TCU unit (yet again) and I am exhausted out of my mind. I got three and a half hours of sleep last night, four hours the night before, and generally four to six hours a night this week. Stress, I guess.
My creativity is therefore pretty crap, so don't expect an outstanding effort on this collage. I am rather dissatisfied with it aesthetically and consider it unimaginatively cliché, but it's the best I can do when my brain is at such a low ebb.
Last week I had scheduled a week of vacation, and I spent the entirety of it in my mom's TCU unit room with her.
I know the past several weeks’ collages have been about this same issue. Not surprising, because this has taken over my life. This past week I have been reflecting on my teamwork with my siblings as we manage this crisis.
Some of us have been out of the state. Our schedules range from full-time to part-time to retired. But we have all pulled together in, I think, a remarkably effective way to help manage the steps of supporting Mom and figuring out what to do next. Those who were in-state kept Mom company, helped her do her physical exercises, took her out to explore the facility in her wheelchair, did Wordle and the cross-word puzzle with her, and talked with her care team. Those who were out of state did the emails and telephone calls to figure out the transition to assisted living, calling the movers, arranging pickups with the medical transport company, reviewed legal and medical documents, and kept her friends and family in the loop.
We work well together, and I am so grateful to have these three other remarkable, smart, and caring family members at my back as we deal with this very challenging situation.
The picture of the four of us was taken at a family wedding last year. It is the picture on my phone for the 'sibs' group which has had a conversation message thread going on my phone all week as we privately divvy up tasks, share information, and crack jokes trying to raise each other's spirits.
Image description: Central image: hands of several different people overlaid in a circle. Overlay: a chalk silhouette of four human figures with the words 'Teamwork.' Bottom center: three women and a man, dressed for a special occasion (Peg and her siblings) smile at the camera.
Teamwork
Click on the links to see the 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
My creativity is therefore pretty crap, so don't expect an outstanding effort on this collage. I am rather dissatisfied with it aesthetically and consider it unimaginatively cliché, but it's the best I can do when my brain is at such a low ebb.
Last week I had scheduled a week of vacation, and I spent the entirety of it in my mom's TCU unit room with her.
I know the past several weeks’ collages have been about this same issue. Not surprising, because this has taken over my life. This past week I have been reflecting on my teamwork with my siblings as we manage this crisis.
Some of us have been out of the state. Our schedules range from full-time to part-time to retired. But we have all pulled together in, I think, a remarkably effective way to help manage the steps of supporting Mom and figuring out what to do next. Those who were in-state kept Mom company, helped her do her physical exercises, took her out to explore the facility in her wheelchair, did Wordle and the cross-word puzzle with her, and talked with her care team. Those who were out of state did the emails and telephone calls to figure out the transition to assisted living, calling the movers, arranging pickups with the medical transport company, reviewed legal and medical documents, and kept her friends and family in the loop.
We work well together, and I am so grateful to have these three other remarkable, smart, and caring family members at my back as we deal with this very challenging situation.
The picture of the four of us was taken at a family wedding last year. It is the picture on my phone for the 'sibs' group which has had a conversation message thread going on my phone all week as we privately divvy up tasks, share information, and crack jokes trying to raise each other's spirits.
Image description: Central image: hands of several different people overlaid in a circle. Overlay: a chalk silhouette of four human figures with the words 'Teamwork.' Bottom center: three women and a man, dressed for a special occasion (Peg and her siblings) smile at the camera.
Click on the links to see the 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
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Date: 2024-10-26 09:21 am (UTC)