Before the dementia diagnosis, my mom was already scared of thunder storms and fireworks, more so as she got older. And now around 3:30am, somebody decided to fire off some fireworks that sounded like we were under attack, and it hurt my heart to hear my mother crying and calling for someone to come help her. She thought someone was shooting at her 😭 Then a few hours later, a thunderstorm came though.
Trust me, I am extremely tired and praying she will take a long nap. But I really would like to know, what goes on in these people minds, that fire off these things early in the morning and pretty much all day long! Grant it, I know they aren't aware of what I have to deal with, and if they knew, they wouldn't care.
Sad that people now days have no respect for people or life, and especially for those who are sick. To hear the fear in her voice was so unnerving for me and trying to calm her wasn't too difficult. But none of this should have happened in the first place.
Yes, fireworks are illegal in the city, and has been for years, but they don't do anything about it. I am already thinking about New Years eve and how crazy that gets. I now know I have to prepare for a long night and I'm thankful it is during the week and not the weekend.
So now, I am praying the she will sleep through the madness tonight. There has been firecrackers going off, off and on today. She has been pacing back and forth and she decided to take a nap on her own. So that is a step in the right direction. But you know what's really crazy, these people actually shoot off fireworks year round!! And mother would always ask, "what was that?". It's like every little sound scares her. And let's not mention cars/trucks with extremely loud music (if you want to call it that) driving through or parked or someone playing it loud from their property.
When will the madness end...
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