Freedom is something we all take for granted. A trip to the supermarket, a visit to the hairdresser, or even buying stamps at the post office can all be done by anyone. Yes, that’s quite true, that is until there is someone in the house that requires twenty-four hour care. That’s when you really start to feel alone in a world where everyone has shut the door and suddenly you cease to exist in society.
We are all creatures of habit, and the same can be said for a household and family unit. We all have unique habits, traditions and expectations. There is a sense of safety and assurance in this process.
So when something so enormously tragic and terminal strikes your mother or mother-in-law, everything changes and your life becomes one upside down mess. You become so tired and distracted that you forget what you were doing before the interruption, and you are forever misplacing things. Once the milk was in my office next to the computer and that was how I knew that my specs (which I was looking for) were in the fridge.
Family members become scarcer and scarcer because they’re afraid you’ll ask for help, and they leave us to do everything. When they do decide to show up for a visit they expect either a cooked meal or tea and biscuits.
Our home is a very sad one at the moment because every day we face the fact that MIL is dying. There is absolutely nothing we can do about it expect to make her as happy and comfortable twenty-four hours a day every day of what is left of her life. This illness is not her fault, and I know that she would love to have her grandchildren and great-grandchildren visit her more often, instead their visits become shorter and further apart.
All she wants is for them to show her that they value her for what and who she is because it’s only the outside her that’s changed, inside she’s still that same energetic chatter-box she always was.
In South Africa today security plays a vital part in any business or private home. This book and the volumes to follow, will guide you step by step through the essential precautionary measures to be taken in protecting your family and valuables. From employing security guards, evacuation of your site and security measures to burglar bars and alarms in your private home.
a Book compiled by me from experience gained after 10 years in the security industry as Industrial relations officer with Nosa qualifications, 1st Aid, fire protection and also S.O.B. grade A.
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