Today's addition

Just a footnote about why I named the blog "My Mom the Stranger." It's because she is. She is in my Mom's body and once in a while I get a glimpse of my Mom, but for the most part, I deal with this stranger every day. She does things my Mom would never do. Like not being clean about her hygiene, and insisting on putting dirty clothes in the dryer instead of the washer or making me wash clothes that I put in the dryer because she thinks they aren't clean or not washing her hair. The list goes on and on and gets bigger daily. And I also am becoming the parent now with Mom acting as the child. So I'm trying to get to know this stranger, but it isn't easy because I keep believing she's my Mom. And she isn't.