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Last night I started reading my grandmother's last journals, when she was declining with dementia. This is fascinating, seeing the good days and bad days, the things she hung onto and the things she was losing. She mentioned my cousin/her granddaughter Di several times, and clearly appreciated her help and seeing her. :) Also, don't think Meals On Wheels and even simply Christmas caroling or otherwise visiting the elderly is not appreciated and enjoyed! And never underestimate how very important pets are for their companionship - she obviously adored her little dog, who alerted her to anything going on, including the neighbor's farm burning down, and she wrote several times about how they had acquired her.
And she was conscientious about noting how people are related - maybe that was a habit formed from having read her grandmother's journals. Mostly before Grammy the women in my family were briefly reporting the weather, some movements ("went down town"), things baked, unusual items bought (like bananas), the fact that they received a letter from someone (but not what was said in it), and they don't contextualize any of it.
Incidentally, I started to transcribe one of my great-grandmotherl's journals some months ago, and did quite a few pages, but now I can't find it. *weeps* It was hard work, I don't want to do that over.
And she was conscientious about noting how people are related - maybe that was a habit formed from having read her grandmother's journals. Mostly before Grammy the women in my family were briefly reporting the weather, some movements ("went down town"), things baked, unusual items bought (like bananas), the fact that they received a letter from someone (but not what was said in it), and they don't contextualize any of it.
Incidentally, I started to transcribe one of my great-grandmotherl's journals some months ago, and did quite a few pages, but now I can't find it. *weeps* It was hard work, I don't want to do that over.