I have had an epiphany thanks to my husbands insightful conversation the other day. One of the reasons mom is skin picking is boredom. It doesn’t help that we both have jobs, even though someone is home with mom at almost 24/7. We still cannot entertain her like she had (and hated) at Sagewood.

One of her main sources of entertainment was retail therapy. UNFORTUNATELY That is so far off what I consider entertaining, in fact I have adopted a minimalist lifestyle and haven’t stepped foot in a mall for years.

But I conceded this week and took mom to the mall. She was in heaven! She bought a cute outfit and a language book at Barnes and Noble.

We walked around for a while and she stopped and talked to a table full of elderly ladies in front of Jamba Juice.

Then we went to a Brunch at Abracadabra Bistro. I just need to make time to do that more.

Oh yeah! And the day before we took a library trip. Good times.

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