This has been a difficult summer so far, and there’s no end in sight yet.

Mom has been sick since she arrived on Paros on June 1 and ended up in hospital for 2 weeks with COVID and pneumonia. Then, returning to Paros she was on oxygen for a month.

And she’s been staying with me cause she needs assistance and care.

While she was getting better life got a little easier. She began cooking again so I’d come home to a cooked meal instead of having to cook for both of us (I don’t like having to cook! I only cook when I want to!)

Now mom’s been unwell for a week again. Needing more care again. And me being busier than ever with dog grooming.

It’s not been an easy summer… yet she’s my mother. I have to look after her, and I want to do it too. And I did return to Greece to be with mom – to enjoy her company while she was well but to assist when she wasn’t. So I’m not complaining…

But I miss being alone and having my space to myself. I really really miss having my tiny place to myself.

Mom plans to return to Athens in 5 weeks. Let’s hope she’s better by then or I will have to go with her…

Sigh.

Send good vibes.

z