When Caregiving Ends, Beginning New
My Friend |
May 19th, 2012
Monday a friend of mine who lives in another state is burying her husband. My friend’s husband had the same illness as my husband, Wayne. My husband passed away from this disease on January 2, 2011. The disease, as I have written before, is a rare and devastating neurological disease called multiple...
“What If” |
May 16th, 2012
“What if we had taken her home instead of having her in the nursing home? Would she still be living?” This is the thought that lingers, the one with which I continue to struggle. At the time having my mother in a nursing home seemed like the best decision based on all of the variables we had to...
My Friend
Monday a friend of mine who lives in another state is burying her husband. My friend’s husband had the same illness as my husband, Wayne. My husband passed away from this disease on January 2, 2011. The...“What If”
“What if we had taken her home instead of having her in the nursing home? Would she still be living?” This is the thought that lingers, the one with which I continue to struggle. At the time having my...A Good Week
Yes, there have been some sad grief moments this week, but it has been a good week as a whole. Tuesday I had another good day at the Gathering Place where I volunteer. Monday I went to the doctor; I went for a...Identity
I have always known even before my husband’s death that my entire identity did not lie in being a wife just as it did not lie in being a mother or Grandma. For me my main identity lay and still lies in being...April 18th
Someone has said that tears can be good. I shed many tears yesterday. We had a very moving lesson at church on suffering and patience and the Atonement. April 18th was the one year anniversary of my...Keep On Keeping On
Someone shared this picture with this scripture on another site. It has made me think. We have no way to know what life holds in store for us. Although we can plan and make some choices, we don’t get to...
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