Calculating…
I found out the hard way that my navigation device
needed updating. That poor woman who lives inside my GARMIN
had a complete nervous break-down the last time we (she and I) drove to Dallas.
Brand new neighborhoods and access roads, towering mix masters and HOV lanes - OH MY!
After all those years of guiding me safely to and from my home, my GARMIN Genie
finally reached her limit. There I was, totally exhausted, in fast moving
traffic, with only a few more miles to go and she just kept repeating, “calculating…
calculating…”
I felt like a stodgy old road hazard as confident commuters zoomed around me from every
direction. I imagined them rolling their eyes and muttering, “Yankee go home.”
My face burned with embarrassment as I shouted to no one in particular, “Hey! Give me a break
will ya?” I’d just driven 1500 miles like a champ, but then again; I needed to remember the other motorists had places to go and people to see too.
Do you ever wonder where you’ll be when you reach your
own threshold for adapting to change? Living with Alzheimer’s/Dementia can feel
like failing to keep up with busy traffic. As those suffering with A/D near the
end of their journey, we may need to slow down ourselves and marvel at just how
far they’ve already come. Be their "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" so to speak (see below).
In the end, it could help us all find our way home.
In the end, it could help us all find our way home.
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Bridge
Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
