My mom is visiting and spending some time with us. I'm trying to make sure she's comfortable in our home and that she's fine. I've noticed recently that she doesn't seem to be eating and I keep asking her "mom did you eat today, what did you eat?" as if she's the child and I'm her mom. I know she's getting tired of me asking so I decided to leave her alone on that topic. I tell my eldest to make sure that grandma eats breakfast and lunch. But of course you can't force her to eat. I buy a variety of food and make sure to have the kind of food that she likes. Unfortunately, she likes ethnic food, from the caribbean, and where I'm living there's not a lot of it. I travel far to get it on the weekends. Some of the supermarkets do provide them. But they don't taste the same somehow. You know how older people are, they dont like change, at least some people don't. My mom is a wonderful person and she's always been very strong and very independent. I wonder if that bothers her sometimes that she's not that way anymore? She has to take lots of vitimins and nutritious drinks to make sure she gets all her nutrients. I'm going to take her for a check up to make sure that she's ok. Unfortunately she doesn't live here and I can't get her on my insurance. So that means higher out of pocket expenses. But i'll do it because I want to make sure she's alright. But even getting her to go to the pool is like pulling teeth! I'm trying to please her and please my kids and my husband! I love them all but i'm tired. And so I'll just keep an eye on her and see if I can find a clinic or doctor where the cost is not too outlandish and also continue to make her comfortable. In the meantime I have to find places of interests to take her to. I know there's a lot of them here. I have yet to go out and really explore this place. I'm looking forward to it. My very best friend of more than 22 years will be coming to visit us soon. She's coming with her family and I can't wait for them to get here. Then we will explore together and have a good time! Would you believe we've know each other for so long and haven't seen each other in 20 years?!!!! Yet we've kept in touch from different continents. I will tell you about her sometime. I just hope mom will be up to it but I think she will be because we used to live next door to my friend and I know she'll love to see her again too. I hope she'll perk up soon. What do you think? Am I wrong to be so worried? Maybe she'll snap out of it.