"The Walls Don't Talk!" - Adventures in Caregiving my Elderly Narcissistic Adoptive Mother
“The Walls Don’t Talk!” Adventures in Caregiving my Elderly Narcissistic Adoptive Mother by Kristy Lee Shirley is in her 90s and has outlived all of her friends. She is the oldest in her extended family with the least amount of financial security. And after decades of fantastic health, little things are starting to make life more difficult: arthritis in one hand curtailing her lifelong love of sewing and making pies from scratch; an itchy and scaly skin condition; an unruly toenail. And, she is lonely. She lives in a building that can hold up to 100 independent seniors where there is always an activity happening or a group of ladies gathering in the lounge area or library. Shirley stays busy maintaining the library; however, she will not join the other residents for a chat. She refers to them as the “ladies who sit on their butts and gossip”. 🙄 She judges them for having too many children, for being fat and not exercising. This is Shirley’s superiority on display. In her mind, she