🌸 Ladies of Hive Contest #237: Celebrating and caring for my mother [ES/EN]

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¡Hola queridas Damas de Hive! Espero que se encuentren muy bien y que hayan pasado un hermoso dĂa de las madres para quienes lo festejaron. En mi paĂs lo celebramos en octubre, todavĂa falta, pero igual cualquier dĂa sirve para darle un mimo a nuestras madres. Bueno, hoy me paso por acá para participar de las preguntas semanales como es habitual en mĂ. En esta ocasiĂłn de la mano de @kerrislravenhill con temas pertinentes a nuestras madres, de paso le extiendo un abrazo a la distancia por su pĂ©rdida que, aunque ya haya pasado un tiempo, sĂ© que los duelos pueden ser largos.
Ya sea que tu madre estĂ© con nosotros en persona o en espĂritu, Âżcuál es/era tu plan para celebrar el DĂa de la Madre este año?
Lo que solemos hacer en el dĂa de las madres es un gran almuerzo en casa donde se reunirá toda la familia y comeremos un rico asado que prepare mi papá en la parrilla. Suele ser un momento de uniĂłn y alegrĂa para pasarla bien entre todos, donde contaremos anĂ©cdotas nuevas, o viejas, y miraremos pelĂculas divertidas mientras comemos rico. Es uno de mis planes favoritos porque me gusta que estemos todos reunidos disfrutando del momento y de nuestra madre que por fortuna todavĂa está con nosotros. AsĂ que eso de por sĂ me parece un buen motivo para festejar. Además, ella será la reina del dĂa, bueno, siempre lo es, y la agasajaremos con regalos y no la dejaremos hacer nada. Solemos festejarlo en el almuerzo porque a mi madre le gusta tener las noches tranquilas, sin gente en casa que la moleste jaja. Cuando se empieza a hacer de tarde, ya los entra a despachar, mucha charla y visita por el dĂa, ahora cada uno a su casa. Es todo un personaje mi mamá, suele quejarse de que no vienen a visitarla y cuando vienen por un rato largo les empieza a tirar indirectas de que está cansada para que se marchen. AsĂ la queremos y espero podamos seguir celebrando más dĂas como este por delante.

Cuidar de un padre mayor puede ser una alegrĂa y, al mismo tiempo, un desafĂo. ÂżQuĂ© obstáculos encontraste y cĂłmo los superaste con tu familia?
Estoy en esa etapa de mi vida donde tengo que cuidar de mis padres, mi padre todavĂa se mantiene bastante bien, pero mi madre tiene varios problemas de salud y requiere más cuidados. Casi que todas las semanas tiene que hacerse un estudio mĂ©dico donde siempre la suelo acompañar porque soy la que más está con ella y en la que cae esta responsabilidad, aunque seamos 3 hijos. No me quejo porque me encanta acompañarla y me hace sentir más tranquila, ya que puedo tener de primera mano la informaciĂłn de los mĂ©dicos y ver cĂłmo evoluciona su salud.
Los obstáculos, la mayorĂa son burocráticos, ya que tengo que andar corriendo de acá para allá, concertar citas mĂ©dicas, tramitar medicaciĂłn, ir a comprarlas y a veces siento que se me van un poco los dĂas en esto. Pero tambiĂ©n sĂ© que es una manera de devolver todo lo que hizo por mi cuando estaba chiquita, y ahora de grande tambiĂ©n me cuida a su manera. TambiĂ©n está la parte cognitiva que ya no le estarĂa funcionando muy bien y a veces se pierde, olvida cosas, tengo que estar repitiĂ©ndole lo que digo o chequeando que no se haya olvidado de hacer algo importante. Trato de estar detrás de ella sin que se de cuenta porque es una mujer orgullosa que le cuesta dejarse ayudar y sĂ© que detesta sentirse una carga o algo asĂ. Por lo que la controlĂł de manera sutil para evitar hacerla sentir mal. Y asĂ estamos, tratamos de no hacerla poner nerviosa, de no enojarla, de no preocuparla, pero a veces puede fallar. Sobre todo porque ella es una mujer muy nerviosa y se pone de los pelos con cualquier cosa que la altere de más. Es un trabajo de todos los dĂas y un desafĂo constante, con cada vez más obstáculos, pero aquĂ seguirĂ© con ella firme al pie del cañón hasta que Dios diga que hasta acá llegamos, y vuelvo a repetir que espero que con su gracia sea dentro de un par de años más.

Bueno amigos, hasta acá mi aporte a estos temas. Espero que les haya gustado y los invitó a participar también.
Gracias por llegar hasta acá y apoyar mi contenido.
¡Hasta la próxima!


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Hello dear Ladies of Hive! I hope you are feeling well and that you had a beautiful Mother's Day for those who celebrated it. In my country we celebrate it in October, it's still missing, but any day is still a good day to give a pampering to our mothers. Well, today I stop by to participate in the weekly questions as usual in me. This time from the hand of @kerrislravenhill with topics relevant to our mothers, I extend a hug to her from a distance for her loss that, although it has been a while, I know that grief can be long.
Whether your mother is with us in person or in spirit, what is/was your plan to celebrate Mother’s day this year?
What we usually do on Mother's Day is a big lunch at home where the whole family will get together and we will eat a delicious barbecue that my dad prepares on the grill. It is usually a moment of union and joy to have a good time with everyone, where we will tell new or old anecdotes and watch funny movies while we eat delicious food. It is one of my favorite plans because I like that we are all together enjoying the moment and our mother who fortunately is still with us. So that in itself seems like a good reason to celebrate. Besides, she will be the queen of the day, well, she always is, and we will entertain her with gifts and not let her do anything. We usually celebrate it at lunch because my mother likes to have quiet evenings, without people at home to bother her haha. When it starts to get late in the afternoon, she starts to send them off, lots of talking and visiting during the day, now everyone goes home. My mom is quite a character, she usually complains that they don't come to visit her and when they come for a long time she starts to hint that she is tired so that they leave. This is how we love her and I hope we can continue celebrating more days like this one ahead.

Caring for an aged parent can be a joy and at the same time a challenge. What obstacles did you encounter and how did you and your family overcome them?
I am in that stage of my life where I have to take care of my parents, my father is still doing quite well, but my mother has several health problems and requires more care. Almost every week she has to have a medical study where I always accompany her because I am the one who is with her the most and on whom this responsibility falls, even though we are 3 children. I am not complaining because I love to accompany her and it makes me feel calmer, since I can have first hand information from the doctors and see how her health is evolving.
The obstacles, most of them are bureaucratic, since I have to run back and forth, make medical appointments, arrange medication, go shopping for them, and sometimes I feel that my days go by a little in this. But I also know that it is a way of giving back everything she did for me when I was little, and now as a grown up she also takes care of me in her own way. There is also the cognitive part that is no longer working very well and sometimes she gets lost, forgets things, I have to keep repeating what I say or checking that she hasn't forgotten to do something important. I try to be behind her without her noticing because she is a proud woman who has a hard time letting herself be helped and I know she hates feeling like a burden or something. So I control her in a subtle way to avoid making her feel bad. And so we are, we try not to make her nervous, not to make her angry, not to worry her, but sometimes it can fail. Especially because she is a very nervous woman and she gets nervous about anything that upsets her. It is a daily work and a constant challenge, with more and more obstacles, but here I will continue with her firm at the foot of the cannon until God says that this is as far as we go, and I repeat again that I hope that with His grace it will be in a couple of years.

Well friends, this is my contribution to these topics. I hope you liked it and I invite you to participate as well.
Thanks for coming this far and supporting my content.
See you next time!

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Las madres son todas orgullosas, tenemos que ayudarlas pero sutilmente porque sino no aceptan nuestra ayuda.
SĂ, creo que es algo comĂşn. No se dejan ayudar, asĂ que hay que hacerlo de manera sutil.
Caring for parents suffering gradual cognitive decline always requires plenty of patience, encouragement, positive reinforcement and knowing when to help. It is understandably frustrating for your mom to deal with forgetting important dates, events or tasks then becoming anxious all day and night about. More challenging things may come but I think your continued love and commitment to your Mom will help get you through.

Thanks for sharing @erigm 👩‍💼❤️👵
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Yes, we've already been through it with my grandmother, so I totally understand. The good thing is that I'm not lacking in patience, and she's just starting out, so we'll continue on this path together. Thank you so much!
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Thank you ladies!
Eres una buena hija y hermana ❤️, tu mamá está bien gracias a tus cuidados con amor. Eso es algo que solo el amor de un hijo hacia sus padres puede lograr. Te mando un abrazo y sabes que siempre cuentas conmigo aunque estemos a distancia. Te quiero 🥹
Gracias por tus palabras Nath! Lo sé y te agradezco de corazón 💜. Te aprecio un montón, abrazos!