My grandmother has Alzheimer’s and it’s making me question all of my possessions.

My grandmother has had Alzheimer’s for a few years now but recently she’s been getting worse. It’s sad because she’s forgotten her children and her husband, still in the early 80s and in great health. She doesn’t even recognize herself in the mirror and she keeps trying to take her own cat to the pound because she doesn’t know it’s hers. She’s in a lot of pain and has difficulty talking and doing anything because of it. Her husband has been taking care of her and he’s a great man, he’s been really patient with her. I’m only in my 20s and I have no children, I’m not really in a financial position to help them (my grandpa definitely has it worse, as it isn’t easy to care for her and my grandma even lashes out at him sometimes because she thinks he’s a stranger). <br><br>It made me realize how pointless possessions are. I’ve seen my grandparents spend so much money on things they don’t need and have wasted their money on it. I’m uncomfortable even owning anything because I know one day it will be lost to the sands of time, and if I accumulate too much, I will have wasted my time and money. I’m tired of always having a never ending pile of laundry, stacks of books and instruments that I haven’t touched in a long time. I know one day my possessions will be nothing, and I will be nothing, because that’s how it goes. That’s why I’ve been trying to get rid of everything I don’t need, because it’s just pointless. I don’t know what I’m going to do, and it’s very possible that I will start accumulating possessions again, but it’s a good feeling to not feel the same burden I’ve felt my whole life as someone who owns a lot of things.