PROGRESS! in Family

Shady had finally had enough of the not bathing yesterday and flat-out wrote TAKE SHOWER on the bottom of my brother's to-do/shopping list. This morning, he actually did it. Then I guess they discussed how that process worked really well, so now once a month or so we're going to schedule him a shower and write it on his to-do list. Whatever, at least he showered.

Darling Nikki asked if he could be mentally ill. It's very likely. Manic Depression runs rampant though our Mother's side of the family. Father's side is full of people who don't acknowledge mental illness except on the news, so who knows what's going on there. Quite a lot, I expect. My brother learned from Father's side and would never accept that he has a "weakness" of any kind, so it must not exist and what are you talking about anyway, I never do that? So yes, probably, but short of an involuntary admission we'll never get him anywhere near a mental heath professional.