MND can get in the sea

The blog has not been easy this week and I'm not sure why. It usually flows quite naturally but I didn't feel like it this time so Alice has pitched in and tidied it up as well as adding anything I've forgotten. I still enjoy writing it and I will continue to do so but this week...meh. I had a couple of nights on the island, staying one night with my mum, and one with my daughter Rachel and her husband Max. We went to the woodland burial and tended to the flowers around dad's tree and we sat in the sunshine and remembered how caring and funny he was. Afterwards we had lunch at a new Alzheimers Cafe within a Dementia resource centre which includes chiropodist, hairdresser, and masseuse. Dad used to go to an Alzheimers cafe, and he liked to do colouring in, baking, and making Christmas cards in a friendly environment. It also gave mum some much needed respite, from full-time care.  I also had a doctors appointment to try and determine why I'm getting so m