oh it's awful. i have an aunt (or second cousin, i can never keep these things straight since my family is pretty fractured) who has paranoid schizophrenia and she is a ward of the state. my dad was going to be her legal guardian but then he had an episode heart failure and was essentially told by his doctors that the whole thing would be way too stressful for him to do (she lives in a mental institution in CT, so aside from the emotional strain the position would hold, the physical stress of making that drive a couple times a week would be too much) and strongly advised him against it...which was really really hard for him to do because he loves her, but his health is honestly quite bad at this point...but it was also really awkward because she was adamant that it be -him- even though she has a husband and a twin sister, who are all much closer both emotionally and in proximity. it's really hard because i know he feels like he's let her down, but in all honesty i don't think he could've done the job right, or for long, anyway.
on a lighter note, yeah my parents got me a couple gorgeous china dolls when i was little, with the intent that i'd put them on a shelf to look at, and instead i put them in the closet and had my he-man collection on the shelf.
on a lighter note, yeah my parents got me a couple gorgeous china dolls when i was little, with the intent that i'd put them on a shelf to look at, and instead i put them in the closet and had my he-man collection on the shelf.
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