However, Ann loves Angus, which makes it easier for her to cope. If you have never cared for someone who is ill before, this can be stressful and alter relationships negatively. Ann’s family felt neglected, and Ann did not feel in control because of the difficulty balancing her family and caring role. Information on how, what and where to get help often does not reach carers in need, and in order to receive help the carer needs to accept and be recognised as a
Ann looks after her father Angus who is 79 and has Parkinson’s disease, Ann lives with her father along with her husband Bob and daughter Zoe. I believe caring for a family member comes with many difficulties; to start with it isn’t something a lot of people ‘choose’. It’s something they feel they have to do, a sense of expectation and duty. Ann promised her mother on her deathbed that she would look after Angus and now
But there are certain events that a majority of people go through; everyday children are born, family members are lost and addiction takes over lives. At first blush, the birth or adoption of a child is often met with overwhelming joy, excitement and fulfillment but for some it gives them the burden of anxiety and stress. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices. Bringing something to life that you carry on your body for nine months makes your love become limitless. Having a baby comes with a lot of responsibility and dedication to devoting your time to nothing else.
Not only is Jennifer dealing with daily hassle she has to deal with the fact that she doesn’t see her husband much and her husband’s parents are pressuring to have a child. According to our reading Daily hassles are routine sources of annoyance or aggravation that have a negative impact on health. Jennifer is dealing with both positive and negative life changing events that are making her stress. Jennifer’s is very organized at work but her body and mind are sending signals that she is stressed. Jennifer is even convince that she is handling everything okay.
He saw her as a fat, old creature. Finally at the last moment of his life he begins to realize that he wants his mother again, however, that love and relationship is history. Although his love for his mother began to slip way, it took a dreadful end for Grendel to realize what he needed most and that was the affection of the only person who truly cared for him, his mother. To begin, at a young age Grendel was very dependent upon his mother. He looked to her to save him from everything.
He does not understand this example of maternal interaction is a representation of her motherly instincts and unconditional love for him. He thought, “I was, in her eyes, some meaning I myself could never know and might not care to know” (23). Because he never understood he actually meant something to her, he believed all of life was pointless. The sense of emptiness Grendel experiences causes him to feel even more isolated and meaningless. The relationship between Grendel and his mother is one that portrays the importance of maternal interaction and its effect on one’s emotional well-being.
It was also hard for the girl to feel at ease with her natural parents. After experiencing many family issues, I come to realize that being a father or parent is not the ability to give birth; but good parenting is really the time that one takes to love, care and raising a child. The ability to give birth can make one a dad or mom but it does not make you a parent. I would definitely empathize with the foster family for the grief and suffering this rapture may have caused to their family. I would also empathize with the daughter for being traumatized by this tragedy.
Her mother on the other hand, means so much to her, she doesn't want her to be alone. She decides to desert her dream, she still lives with Grandma, much like a dependant child, yet she knows Grandma would suffer from great loneliness without her” (Bloom, Harold. “List of characters in Lost in Yonkers. p67-68). Bella’s guilt caused by her mother’s fear of loneliness has left her short of any male relations.
It is a lot to ask of yourself to care for someone who is your parent and then be a student, wife, and a mother. I can understand that any family will need as much help as much as the patient will need
Save the turf’ this shows us how the Mundy sisters are trying to envelope the fact that they are not stable as in that society it was patriarchal and needed a man to run the household as Jack is unwell they are unable to rely on him so he is more of burden on them . We can get a sense of injustice within the sisters as they feel they are treated unwell by Kate. Kate who is the dominate sisters within the family she has taken on both roles of bread winner and the mother figure and leaving the sisters to be filling in the gap of the male roles. ‘Two unpaid servants’ Agnes who is voicing for not just herself but Rosie as well gives us the feeling that she is dominant with Rosie or even more of a mother figure to her . ‘Rose and I’ this gives us a feeling of partition between the sisters as Agnes and Rosie have created a unit, this gives the audience the image of love and desperation as the sisters are affected by their financial situation as well as their personal .