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- Many of us have been hurt by the words of so called friends since losing our loves. I've been hurt by the words of my father. This Saturday I ended up in ER because of his constant hateful words to me. Than I had the week that changed me. I...
- Here's a cautionary tale of what happens when the stress of caring for our parents becomes too much. Saturday at work I suddenly experienced vertigo and ended up in ER. At the time, I thought it was a stroke. I remember what went through my mind...
- What a difference a week can make. Last week I lived with fear. Then I had the week that changed me. Here it is broken down into days.1)It started Friday when I received an email in Spanish and read it without translating in my mind into English....
- Yvette Vickers died. At least that's what they think. She was a B movie star back in the 50s. She made a few films, grew old, and dyed alone. It took one year to discover her body in her home. Why? Because there was no one to check on her. ...
- So I'm sitting at my computer when all of a sudden my bird takes off and lands on my head with a large seed treat. He'd apparently planned to eat the thing in my head. Made me smile, but I got him out. Told him no eating in your mother's head.
- We were talking about psychics here on this board in the last few weeks. I said I don't believe in them for the most part, but throughout my life people have told me that I am. I call them a whisper in my ear from God's Holy Spirit. So, today I...
- It is said to be the cause of every illness. What is it? It's stress, and it's a killer. In nursing school they showed us a flowchart with the stages of stress, starting with sleep, and ending with death. We were all so shocked when the teacher...
- It finally happened: all that stress of dealing with my father led to an emergency room trip. It started at work. I suddenly got real dizzy. I could barely make it to the chair to sit down. I told my coworkers to call 911 and started asking them...
- When I was in college we studied aging. My professor referred to senior citizens as 'Survivors.' He said they've survived illness, money issues, depression, death of loved ones, etc. And they're still here, moving through life's obstacle course....
- I've got two surgeries scheduled over the next two months. My father has had 4 surgeries in the last 4 months for a foot problem. Now he needs surgery on his arm. I've been there for him for all of the surgeries, and asked only that he has the...
- I met an elderly lady today. She was affluent, well dressed, seemingly happy, but there was something about her demeanor that made me look deeper. I told her I was recently widowed. It's not something I usually share with strangers, but this time...
- I live in Illinois and suddenly the Tornado season has become terrifying. This started back in Jaunuary when I started thinking how unsafe it is for me to live on the top floor. I think it would have been scary without my husband, but now it all...
- I received a letter today, stating that my husband had tried to open an account. It was addressed to him and said that he'd been turned down for the account because the credit bureau had reported him as deceased.Shortly before my husband passed he...
- Most of us have faced fear since losing our spouses, me included. Today I was thinking about that alot. I'm having cataract surgery and was thinking about how I'll have to face it alone. Yes, I have a step-daughter who has offered to take me. ...
- No one on my father's side of the family will talk to me with the exception of one cousin. That's because my father has called and told all sorts of lies to them about me. He's done the same thing on my mother's side too. I've been nothing but...