I spent the night at my mother's place last night and will stay here tonight too.

I took her to physiotherapy today and helped overall. She's doing well. I have to remind her to use her walker which is a good sign that she really wants to be independent again.

I'm just here because I didn't want her to be alone. She lives on her own and is off work for 3 months while she recovers so she's alone all the time. She appreciates that I'm here.

I'm reading about the difference between sadness and depression and I think a lot of what I'm experiencing is sadness that's become depression. I'm sad for the losses in my life but it has transformed into depression.

I think I can relieve the depression by changing how I relate to my losses but easier said than done and that's not a quick solution by any means, but it's a start.

Otherwise I'm feeling withdrawn and lonely but getting by. I'm just glad that I can be there for my mother and that I'm finding out more about sadness and depression.