end·game also end game
n.
1. Games. The final stage of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.
2. The final stage of an extended process or course of events: the diplomatic endgame that led to the treaty.

It's been a trying week. My brother Terry has been taking care of my mom, Doris. He called to let me know that he had found a family care facility that would take her. She has been living by herself in an apartment but she is no longer capable of doing that even with having a care provider that comes in during the day. She is 85 and not in the best of health but moving her into a family care facility only brings home the fact that we won't her around for a lot longer. That's a fact that I have admitted with my head, now I am admitting it with my heart.

And Zoe's mom, Gerry, is doing worse. She trys to help but really can't. She likes to put the dishes away from the dishwasher. As time as gone on she has had more and more trouble knowing where stuff goes. Last week she emptied the dishwasher out onto the island in the kitchen. She didn't know where anything went. She is also getting more and more fearful after dark. Zoe is putting things into place to get her on Medicaid and into a family care facility. It's not been easy watching someone leave in slow motion.

I've also been busy with paying work. I hope to be back to regular programming soon. I should be picking up another roll of pinholes this afternoon.