Just like several quilts I have are WIPs, so is the Directory. My plan at this point is to have it published by the end of June if not sooner, but I can't commit to more than that at this time. I owe everyone a stiff apology for the delay but events related to my mother have taken the highest of priority. In addition, I had been assigned a major project at work which required long days of preparation and weeks of travel at a time.
My mother, as many of you know, lives in Florida and my sister and I live in NJ. Mom just turned 90 in March and my sister and I are handling elder care remotely. It has reached a critical point right now and all of our efforts are focused in getting Mom moved to NJ which she is resisting. There are terrible things going on with her current caregiver and spending. This person has spent almost $2000 since the end of March and we are trying to get a system in place so Mom gets the things she needs without having this person have access to more money than she needs to buy those necessities. We have found that the caregiver has used the funds for her own purposes. We now have an issue with my Mom's motorized scooter which she used to ride around the neighborhood. But now, she can't remember anything or anyone (including family members - she thinks I live on a house boat) and ended up on a major highway not knowing how to get home. The scooter represented the last vestige of independence and she still wants to use it. We have removed her scooter from her house to a neighbors until we can get down there and remove it permanently. Her neighbor across the street thinks she should have the scooter and has located it and attempted to steal it so my mother can use it. This woman is apparently a heavy drinker and says things to my mother that encourage her to do things she shouldn't be doing like drinking wine which could interfere with some of her 10 medications that she is on. The caregiver, other than the money issue, is taking proper care of mom, thank goodness. I am worried that these two women will get into a knock down, drag out fight in the street one of these days! As long as mom is considered competent, we cannot move her without her consent. We are now trying to get guardianship so we can move her up to NJ where she is closer to us. She will no doubt go kicking and screaming if we do indeed get that through the courts.
So, with that said, I am now finished my travels for work and am home until late October. I will get working on the Directory so it can get finalized. Believe me, I felt very guilty delaying this for this long, but my time was so absorbed between my Mother's issues and work issues, that I didn't even have time to let you all know the status and for that I am really sorry. I know there were several folks who volunteered to help and I will reach out to them once the data is all ready to go.
They say God doesn't give you more than you can handle, but I have to tell you, lately he is really pushing the envelope!