Babbling, Backaches, and Bitching

Here It is: My A To Z Challenge. An adventure! My attempt at telling you my story. I care for my husband who has end-stage Parkinson's disease. We also have two teenage grandchildren who reside with us.
We have good days and we have bad days. Hope you will follow along....A TO Z!




He babbles.
I babble.
The TV is always babbling.
There is babbling all around.
He speaks so softly.
With a voice very weak.
It is hard to hear him.
Sounds like babbling to me.
I babble back. He doesn't understand.
I hear it in the background.
It is all around.

Then there are the backaches.
This job will bring.
It's hard to lift him.
It's hard to pivot. And hold him.
And lift him again.
I wonder how many times a day I lift,
Then turn to sit him down.
I learned the right way in nursing school.
"Use your legs", they said.
I've learned how to lift right
Finally, got it through my head.
Always use a gait belt.
I can hear them say.
But still I have backaches.
They just don't go away.

And I will tell you all about it.
Bitching, some will say.
I do a lot of bitching.
It is my way to vent.
I sometimes bitch at him.
And then the guilt sets in.
Mostly I bitch at teenage kids.
It's not their fault, they say.
But babbling, backaches, and bitching.
It has become my way.