Today I did the gauntlet of visiting within Em and I's family. Visiting siblings, parents and grandparents. Unfortunately over the last few years my grandparents have become increasingly fragile and the latest ordeal is the inability to drive a car anymore. It's hitting them hard and everyone has stepped up to do their part, that may even include driving them to church on hot Sunday mornings while you struggle to make conversation in the car. Each attempt was the same, I would ask my Grandpa a question, he wouldn't answer, then Oma would shout the same question at him, he answered. Still, there are taking not being able to drive better than Em's Grand Dad who would go out and start his car everyday just to make sure it worked.

Anyway as we were visiting Em's Grand Dad I couldn't help think about those things and how inaccurate the signs of the hospital wing are. They clearly state the hospital wing as a scent free zone, but it clearly wasn't. I caught a whiff of some highly unpleasant scents during my visit. But back to my main thought, as cliche as it all may be - when one door is closed a window is opened. Grandparents may not be able to drive, but the number of family visits will increase to offset it all. But that's only one point in a long long struggle.