I grew up in a family where there was no age gap. My grandmothers, both lived to be 104, and 94. My eldest grandmother used to rock me and sing songs she knew from the 1800's, when she was a child. She smelled of Ponds and talcum powder. Her family traveled from Iowa to Missouri in a covered wagon. My younger grandmother (by only a few years) developed early Alzheimer's in her mid-seventies. She had to be put in a home. Once I was old enough to drive, I would take her from the home and out to eat occasionally. One time I had a niece with me who was about nine, which put me about 19, and my grandmother took her teeth out and put them in her glass of water at the restaurant. My niece almost fell off of her chair, but that was what my grandmother did with her teeth everynight before she went to sleep. To her it was perfectly normal. I also had great empathy for her. She had eight children with two of them dying when they were children due to an illness. My mom said she would embroidery lace around each leg of her five girls, underwear. She was always busy. I loved her sugar cookies and tuna biscuit casserole. If you are looking for someone, to care for someone you love, who has genuine concern for their well-being and will advocate for them in every possible way-then I'm the person you're looking for. I hope to meet you and your loved one, soon.
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