tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post3906849543040327552..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: Counting my BlessingsSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-74965765843803964382012-08-28T16:54:08.993-07:002012-08-28T16:54:08.993-07:00I'm so sorry you have to go through this, Wend...I'm so sorry you have to go through this, Wendy. Perhaps your greatest blessing is that you grew up with a wonderful mother? Even time and the ravages of disease can't take that away.JB Lynnhttp://jblynn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-10244666424420477612012-08-28T11:13:53.925-07:002012-08-28T11:13:53.925-07:00(((Wendy))) so sad. I think it's probably wors...(((Wendy))) so sad. I think it's probably worse for you than for her. Very difficult when you live far away too.Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-27071811148255427802012-08-28T10:13:40.197-07:002012-08-28T10:13:40.197-07:00A hard, hard, thing. It happened to my mother and ...A hard, hard, thing. It happened to my mother and all her siblings. A friend who is 80 is now pretty gone. Only this month another friend in her 60s was diagnosed with early onset dementia. Neighbors across the street are in their 80s travel frequently and party with the best of them. The say they their very active sex life (TMI) keeps them young. Who knows? Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-16610057981078545142012-08-28T08:23:48.566-07:002012-08-28T08:23:48.566-07:00It's just heartbreaking to go through this, We...It's just heartbreaking to go through this, Wendy, and you have my sympathy. I went through the cancer thing with my mum when she was 58, which was far too young, and I'm so grateful that, as ill as she was, she still had her mental faculties.<br /><br />I don't think there are any precautions you can take. Just keep writing and keep counting your blessings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-7095561596082403952012-08-28T05:51:39.326-07:002012-08-28T05:51:39.326-07:00Thanks, Alison. It is hard, and I feel guilty for ...Thanks, Alison. It is hard, and I feel guilty for not being there nearly as much as I'd like to be. sigh!Wendy Solimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769040606499192321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-67587548819199876492012-08-28T02:39:40.848-07:002012-08-28T02:39:40.848-07:00Seeing our parents suddenly diminish - which is th...Seeing our parents suddenly diminish - which is the best word I can think of when they are assaulted by a disease like cancer or forms of dementia that can quite suddenly drain them of the energy that makes them 'them' - is incredibly difficult. Been there, done that; and having moved 100 miles away just two years before my dad was diagnosed with cancer, I couldn't visit as often as I would have liked. So you have all my sympathy Wendy; it's like a little part of *us* dies, when we see our parents like that.Alison Runhamhttp://www.alison.runham.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-79591162177393937752012-08-27T15:30:13.527-07:002012-08-27T15:30:13.527-07:00Anne Marie, You sound as though you've been th...Anne Marie, You sound as though you've been through it personally, and with your mother's illness too. It's so hard.<br /><br />Marcelle, I don't think the carers know what to do when she tries to escape. Most of the inmates aren't that fit! Wendy Solimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769040606499192321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-90794488856811915802012-08-27T12:08:58.848-07:002012-08-27T12:08:58.848-07:00Oh, Wendy -- that is so hard to watch. Despite eve...Oh, Wendy -- that is so hard to watch. Despite everything, your mom seems happy. She's got her family around her and enough gumption to try to escape through a window.<br /><br />I'm with Anne Marie. Keep writing and exercising that muscle.Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-1216513068554379922012-08-27T10:01:42.409-07:002012-08-27T10:01:42.409-07:00I've wondered the same thing - how horrible wo...I've wondered the same thing - how horrible would it be to lose the mental ability to write? Or would it not even bother me because I wouldn't be aware? I think it would be so much worse on the loved ones.<br /><br />{Hugs} on your mother. I went through the illness (cancer) stuff with my mom last year and she passed away in January. It's been tough, but I was lucky to live in the same town with her and see her every day. <br /><br />Keep on writing - I'm convinced exercising that "muscle" is just as important as keeping your body fit.Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-8727141060512344792012-08-27T08:43:49.297-07:002012-08-27T08:43:49.297-07:00Perhaps they put the Buccaneer football game on he...Perhaps they put the Buccaneer football game on her TV.Maureen A. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432964748852427405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-47404687212153342642012-08-27T08:40:12.555-07:002012-08-27T08:40:12.555-07:00I certainly will. I heard last week that she'd...I certainly will. I heard last week that she'd been caught trying to climb out of the window. She had no idea why.Wendy Solimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769040606499192321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-42188885877960948622012-08-27T08:15:37.177-07:002012-08-27T08:15:37.177-07:00You go through great efforts for your Mom, Wendy. ...You go through great efforts for your Mom, Wendy. And maybe she does not always understand that, but for you to cross an ocean to give her a hug, that means a lot. <br /><br />On your next trip, give her a hug from me. :)Maureen A. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432964748852427405noreply@blogger.com