ALZHEIMER'S: SWITCHING GEARS

LET’S SWITCH GEARS
My co-care giving husband often said to Gary “Switch Gears, Gary!”

 In awkward positions of resistance in public places, many times found us searching for ways to entice him back in to the car after an adventure.  The expression, to “Switch gears” became our motto.
Now if you can imagine trying to back up into a tight squeeze spot with the front facing out.  Now imagine an old lady trying to do it with many tries.

Most often “switching gears” meant
 change of speed, direction and backing up, walking around the car, turning the music on, and trying again just to get into the car.
We fight changes of speed, changes in direction,  In Alzheimer’s there is no backing up to what it was like.  They will never come back to our world so to keep sanity park in theirs.