Although it was early for me back then, I had to go to bed when my mother did, sometimes as early as 6:30.  I never knew how soon she might be up wandering the house.  And I was usually so exaustef that I could fall asleep quickly.

These days I’m wanting to go to bed at 6:30.  I get up at 4:00 to do my knee exercises (had knee replacements in 2020 and 2022) before getting ready for work.

Yes I still work, not because I have to, but because I love my work.  I turned 40 while I was my mother’s caregiver, and later this year I will turn 70.

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