When You Have To Do What You Have To Do
It Will All Come Together
For now
My world is turned upside down
My stomach doing flips
It's my responsibility
To make sure things get done right
Taking one day at a time
Oh, what a pain
Usually, my wife is the person who pays attention to details
Fixes the meals
Does the food shopping
I like being the helper
Now I have to step up to the plate
Relieving her temporarily of her duties
I have to take the reigns
I am well aware
I'm in the hot seat
Sweating already
Every free moment I get
My mind slips away
I think of two weeks week ago
I didn't have a care
Now I have real pressure
To make sure we leave early enough
To get my wife to work on time
Before I thought we had a time crunch
Now we are under the gun
My aches and pains have to wait
I don't feel so hot
Suck it up buttercup
With my wife home from the hospital
I have a whole new bunch of responsibilities
That could last three months
Now we have to change her dressing every other day
Showers are not an option
Sponge baths for now
Our tub is too high
The simplest things that I use to do
Have instantly become more difficult
I use to just drop myself infront of the laptop
Now I have to make the time
Sometimes there just is no time left in the day
My thoughts become scrambled
Like a radio signal
That know matter what you do
Comes in staticky
Unclear and annoying
Then when I think I am making progress
I get more interference
As if I was talking on the cell phone
Your voice cuts in and out
Until I finally lose the connection
I look around me
Everyone else goes on with their day
I opened the door and our inside house cat
Made a leap for freedom
I had my hands full
I shut the door halfway on her
When I put down the things I had in my hands
She had already made it out the door
It was dark outside
About 8:30 at night
She could head for the bushes
Then I will never get her
Run easily out into the back yard
Anywhere is free game
I quickly called too her
Shaking her favorite treats in hand
We treat her like a queen
Yet she still wants to fly the coop
As if we are mean to her
Her home is her prison
I frantically reached to put my cell phone flashlight battery on
I looked under are car
My first thought hopeful
I didn't see her
I know as it gets later and later
Chances become worse and worse
I glance off in a distance
Still nothing
As my wife opens the door
She is holding on to her walker
We are a sad duo
She yells out loudly Charlotte, Charolotte
My mind rushed forward
There are other animals that are use to the wild
Our cat doesn't stand a chance
The weather is warm
Rain on it's way
We have to find her
Our street gets busy with fast moving cars heading for work in the morning
Later in the day
It is a lot quieter
I walk to the front of our car
There she is sitting comfortably
I pick her up without hestating
She tries to squirm away
Not this time
I am not going to scold her
I am so relieved she is o.k.
I hope her side is not hurt
When I shut the screen door pretty hard to stop her
I rub her gently later
She seems o.k.
I really don't know
My wife said check her for ticks
You have a better chance of touching the moon
I will let her calm down
In the meantime
We tell her how much we love her
Then we tell her never to do that again
Like she even listens
After an hour I head out to go out again
She heads for the door
Oh, no you don't
We have a little squirt gun
That we keep near the door
Reminding her to back off
Last time she was asleep in the other room
I went to leave
She came out of no where
My guard was down
Now when we do a simple thing
Like walk into our home
I have to go in first
Lead her in the bathroom
Then shut the door
Reopen it after we are both in the house
This normal two minute walk in the house
Turned into a five minute proceedure
This is what I am talking about
Things like this
Are now starting to happen quite frequently
I am not a fan
Well, to all the busy people in the world
Good job
Keep at it
You have found a way
To manage your time and get a lot done
For me I only have a few words to say
Lunch break can't come soon enough
Questions & Answers
Comments
AUTHORGypsy Rose Lee There is nothing better for me than sitting down after a long day and sharing in a poem life as it happens. We are the best storytellers of a lifetime. Writing so other people can understand what we are experiencing and sensing. Taking the time and energy is a challenge. It makes us beautiful and unique. Even though we talk about the same subjects we have different ways of sharing. I continue to expand and learn at every level. I hope by the time you receive this comment your spirits are up, up and away. That a jet plane can't touch. Thank you so much for reading and sharing. We all can try to find a way to make life simpler and more precious. A lifetime of give and take.
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Lorna Lamon I couldn't be happier when you find joy in my writing. I don't want to make people sad. There are enough sad things in the world to be concerned about. I do love to express my difficulty and my errors in judgment so I can also find a happier place. I get in a funk. I like it better when my life is more like a slam dunk. Many times I am in transition and in between the best and the worst of times. They hit me like a rock on the head. Then leave like the wind as quickly as it has come. I keep searching for the star that lights up all the other stars. It can take time. Years and years. I know it will be well worth it. So I keep trying. I love comedians and the gift they have developed. Many have had sad lives and used comedy to cope with their own depression and problems. I am trying to write comedy routines without horror stories and sadness. It is hard. Maybe the only way to make it work is through experiences that we deal with. I wonder if I can pretend and feel the same emotion even though it's only imaginary. Then I can reach in my bag of tricks and make wonders. Thank you for sharing and for giving me joy. If you didn't laugh at my best lines I would have missed my mark. Like a marksman shooting in the dark. Have a good and fun-filled day.
First of all, I must say naughty Charlotte, I wish you both the very best and hope your wife has a speedy recovery. At least, you are together and can do for one another. Anything goes awry here I am done for being all alone with no one to help me whatsoever. As much as I say I am all right and I don't mind being alone I got run down in August by a nasty virus and for 2 weeks I entertained thoughts of slitting my throat and that says more than a thousand words ever could. Now I have thoughts of adopting another cat but again no way to get to see cat so no way to adopt.
You took me with you on your difficult journey and showed how even when we struggle there is always a solution. I hope your wife makes a speedy recovery and everything returns to normal again. The episode with your cat did make me laugh (sorry), you painted such a vivid picture. Keep looking on the bright side.
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John Hansen The funny thing is my wife has come to my rescue many times and she never once hesitated or let me down. She never even made a big thing out of it. She is tough as nails when the chips are down. Me, on the other hand, I feel like Superman until someone shows up with Kryptonite. Boy, that really ruins my day. They know how to burst my bubble and I didn't even to get to do some heroic feats. I guess I will let the next generation, a younger and more modern Superman take over. Thank you so much for listening and sharing. Life is always better with a friend close bye. Only 10,541 miles away. You gotta love Google. It brings everyone closer together. Now that we know how far. I can fly ten miles a day and will be there in just under three years. Maybe it is just easier coming out here on HubPages and sharing our good and not so good days. Have a great night.
Sorry to hear life has been tough for you since your wife's injury, Dream On, and you have had to take on extra responsibility and care for your wife. These things happen in life but we just have to step up and do our best. It makes all the little things (like keeping the cat in) just that much harder. Keep positive and just think if something happened to you, then your wife would need to do the same for you. I hope she is recovering.
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