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Re: Help! I am second-guessing my decisions
I can so very much relate to second-guessing my decisions right now. I felt no guilt when DH was placed because I knew the reasons and that my decision was sound. However, now that he's thriving with…6 -
Re: What I miss the most
I miss the day-to-day conversation and the special times together. I miss our inside jokes. I miss his steadying influence when I'm upset. I miss his snoring. I miss hugs. DH hasn't lived at home for…6 -
Re: Looking in the rear view mirror
When I look back, I don't feel guilty. With God's help I took care of him the best I could when he was at home. There were mistakes, of course, and even some harsh words at times but they were always…8 -
Re: Looking in the rear view mirror
I am working daily (hourly?) on practicing gratitude, but that rear view window is triggered by pictures of my DH and me smiling from my walls, , notes he wrote years ago that I stumble across while …8 -
Tired
My wife is in the beginning stages she forgets a lot of daily conversations and can’t find the right words to make a sentence. I like to go exercise walk but can only be gone for two hours. She wakes…6 -
Re: Robotic therapy cat
After a week I can definitively say that it is a complete success. She remains a bit questioning as to why its ears and paws are stiff, but for the most part accepts it as quite real, talks to it, co…6 -
Re: Looking in the rear view mirror
Guilty of this! For some reason I never questioned why this happened to us-into every life some rain must fall-but I definitely whine, and feel regret and guilt for some of my actions since my DH’s d…7 -
Today it hit me !!!
I’m reading the other day what everyone is doing in my over 55 community, trips , clubs , shows etc. and it hit me my poor wife who worked over 30 yrs with own business raised two great girls was Che…17 -
Looking in the rear view mirror
Why do we spend so much time on looking in the rear view mirror? It is so useless. We ask ourselves those questions that have no satisfactory answers. We torture ourselves with guilt, regret, resentm…10 -
Re: What I miss the most
everyone’s comments are so touching, relatable and so very appreciated. We have been in a ‘perfect’ marriage for 53 years, so many precious things we have done and always together. I miss the talk, o…8
Commonly Used Abbreviations
DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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