I have very little contact with my Grandmother because she is bipolar and absolutely opposed to receiving any care assistance at home or at a facility. Her mental health is just an added complexity to her already chosen position.
My question to the group is how do you provide moral support anyway. I cannot change her, but I want her to know she is loved...without her hurting me emotionally.
The trick is, I guess, to do the new "stone thing"--is it "grey rock" when it all goes south, but I strap on running shoes then as well.