I have recently come back from a visit to my parents, who  live in Ireland on a cliff near a beach, yes literally! It is a beautiful place with the most wonderful views. It gave me time to think and to reflect on my life, my future and my past. It was the first time I had visited my parents without my husband and boys, as my youngest had just turned 16, I felt I was able to leave my family to fend for themselves.

 

I am very blessed to have both of my parents still living. My father is 89 and my mother is  87, they are such an inspiration to not only myself but to other people who meet them. They live independently having my sisters visit them each day to see what they need. It is the perfect situation as they are supported by their family, yet are living the life that they want.

 

Arriving at their home,they welcomed me with open arms and I secretly felt so happy that I would have them to myself for the week. I could care for them and help in anyway I could, doing whatever they wanted me to do. We had a lovely routine, where I would cook them their dinner and at 4pm we would watch Mid-Summer murders, it was just perfect, I LOVED it. Over the week, listening and watching, I could just see how much they still loved each other and how attentive they were to each others needs. It was just so special, as the week passed I did notice that my father was rather obsessed with his ailments, which for his age are very few. It was not just that, it was also that he would be very demanding, which included waking my mum up in the middle of the night to discuss his problems. He would fall back to sleep and my mum would then lie awake for the rest of the night. She looked really tired and I felt she was shattered.

 

I obviously wanted to be able to leave them knowing that I had helped in anyway I could. I sensed that my father had so much time, he had began to worry and obsess about his health. At 89 he had lots of time to think and to reflect on each passing day. I decided to leave them with some Bach Flower remedies, which I have to say they were very open to.

 

I chose Mimulus to help my father not worry so much about what was wrong with him. Crab Apple for his obsessive behaviour and White Chestnut to quieten his mind, in the hope that he would sleep better and would not wake my mum up each night. I purchased the three bottles and asked my mum to put two drops of each in the jug of filtered water that my father drank from each day, it was that simple. Each time my father drank from the jug he got a dose of his remedy, it was easy for my mum to do as it did not involve anything complicated.

 

The beauty of the Bach Flowers is that they work really well with elderly people. They do not interact with medication, they do not cause drowsiness and they have no side effects. My father was transformed within a few days, he is noticably calmer, he has never mentioned his  ailments since and he has not woken up during the night. The most rewarding thing for me is that my mum has been able to sleep through the whole night and is now less tired.

 

I really admire my parents for always being open and supporting me in everything I have done in my life. They are pround of me and actually let me practice my holistic stuff on them! They are still very much head of the family which considering their age, I think is amazing. I will be back again in August to give them Reiki and Crystal healing and best of all to listen to the beautiful stories they have to  tell.