The Culture that has been here all the time

moll​(other female){owned slav} - Father's day is next Sunday.

moll​(other female){owned slav} - June 16th.

Andron{NO} - That is the way things go. My life is so stuck in a rut that I don't even know what day it is. Thanks for the reality check.

moll​(other female){owned slav} - That's what calenders are for.
Have a good day.

lambsone{countrySir} - The only reason I know the date is because I get paid by an ebay seller friend to post on Social media to help keep her store in front of the general public. So I've been posting things about Fathers from 50 million different angles for weeks now. Food, crafts, how to get along with dad, memories of dad, what kids say about their dads ... yadda, yadda. LOL! Otherwise I'd have no clue either.

Andron{NO} - Because I don't see any difference in each day as a caregiver and because my family assigns holidays as meaninglessness, when it comes to my wife and me, all days are the same. I am back to a primitive state with the seasonal changes and the moon cycle. This has been emphasized since I retired a long time ago and gave up on church when they ignored my wife's illness.

lambsone{countrySir} - I often get the days mixed up. Like you I've been retired since 2015 and even lose days. I think it's Tuesday when it's really Wednesday. I just joke about living behind the times.

Unfortunately, I do not confide very critical things with my church family. I have found that the less people who know, the more peace I have. I don't depend on them for anything really. I've learned over the years that it's best to have only a few confidences I can depend on. Building those confidences can be tricky as well. From what you've said, it doesn't seem as though you have been able to find some for you and your wife. Although I'm glad that your wife and a substitute caregiver had a nice time together while you were at the doctors recently. I hope that someone will step up and help both of you with your real and practical needs.

Andron{NO} - My wife was extremely active in a Church of 300. I was less active than the previous Church but still engaged; it seems disingenuous for that congregation to brag about supporting several missionaries (I was on the committee), a large food bank, a clothes closet, visiting nursing homes, and how they help those who need housing find some, and paying almost no attention to my wife's needs.

lambsone{countrySir} - I hear you. And yes that is a sad state of affairs when those who serve in the church faithfully are neglected in their greatest time of need.