Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Happy news for you ! Enjoy ! I hope you live close enough to play with the baby .
That’s wonderful!
Congratulations to the Great Auntie!
That's just great news!
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"I'm sorry, but I get triggered when I see good parents grow old and then left alone by the children that they raised. It is disturbing, disappointing, and a bad example set for the younger ones to see. Check on your people, love them, pray for them, go to their place and make sure that they are good. They raised you, do not leave them alone because a job demands it or a nonsensical religious belief says so. Christ doesn't want that, I assure you. Do better before it's too late. We have a limited amount of time with our loved ones, make as many memories as you can!"
He's two years older than me and I don't think he's seen or heard about caregiving cases like mine and cases from others on here. This isn't the case with everyone, but not all the parents were good to their kids. Not all the kids are actually capable or able to tend to them 24/7. Some of the aging parents actually belong in a nursing home.
God may not want us to abandon our parents altogether. He doesn't want one or both parents to enslave their kids either and kick them around. One woman commented and said she wouldn't trade the 3 years she spent tending to her mother who was battling cancer for anything. I'd give anything to have the first decade plus of my adult life back that was lost to caregiving. I wish this was all one bad dream and I'd wake up and see my mom fully mobile, my dad alive, and see myself with my own family and a job.
As someone noted in an old forum a few years back, there'd be a lot less responses if someone asked how many people love caregiving.
Consider referring your FB friend to our site?
Would be an education, don't you think?
And you KNOW how I love to argue!!
I’m writing this sitting across from my parents at the NH, just because they are here does not mean they have been abandoned. Please pass that on to your pal.
What really hit home for me is what she rythum, and why people with dementia can still do small talk.
I think that is the one thing that really confused me, and kept me in denial, was how can someone with dementia still chit chat, as she put it.
Really amazed me , and will definitely be watching more
I have Irish ancestry on my dad’s side of the family.
Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rain fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
How about a quote from Oscar Wilde? One of my favorite Irish people.
I am not young enough to know everything.
I don’t think I would be able to relax .
I would rather try a facial ( which I’ve never done either).
OMG, you will love it! Message is AWESOME!! You will feel great.
Enjoy your massage!
My daughter swears by massages too. She was injured in a terrible automobile accident years ago. She has neck and back pain and massages help her.
Was in Mexico and managed few, not as cheap as it used to be, few years ago you could go for $20-30 per hour.
Now about $60.00.
Irish culture is interesting. It’s fun to study our ancestral heritage and history.
I'm related to the 3rd founder of Christian Science, an uncle, we had the scientology book, on the book shelf and I wasn't allowed to touch it but it was there.
Anyone else have not so proud relatives, they discovered
Just a little twist on the ancestry subject
My ancestors were related to one of the “ so called useless “ Presidents. Chester A. Arthur . Haha.
My ancestor found out that he was “ wanted”. So he and his brother stowed away on a ship to America sometime in the late 1700’s.
I find it fascinating to read about our ancestors. That’s a fun story about your ancestors. I hope you have passed it along to your children! I bet they would get a kick out of hearing it.