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Re: Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
@TXGram Yes, I read the cavalry post by Bill a few times over the years until it really hit home. Keep smiling! Keep shinning! You have an important job & remember to take care of yourself, too! 😊1 -
Re: Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
Thanks for the book recommendation. A high wire act indeed1 -
Re: Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
Well said! I appreciate your insight as I navigate this journey.1 -
Re: Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
To Alzwife2023 what an anniversary 2 years on this site, mine is shorter but what a journey we are all on. Not exactly the cruise ship some of my friends go on each year. I was such a mess before I f…1 -
Re: Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
Thank you so much @AlzWife2023 for verbalizing my reality. I been kind of here for 2 years, but hubby hasn’t been right for at least 5. I’m always thinking to myself, why can’t I just accept this. I’…2 -
Re: It’s Time to Get Help In the House
It’s been a while, but I used care.com as an interim solution. The issue with them (for me at least), is that I had to vet everybody. I received a LOT of applications, and weeding through them and th…2 -
Re: Car Keys
Could take the battery out of the FOB?1 -
Re: From Maybe to Reality
I'm sorry your pastor was not helpful. That's very disappointing. My doctor referred me to a psychologist she works with and just having someone listen to me, about me, not my husband or his disease,…1 -
Re: From Maybe to Reality
How frustrating and so unhelpful. Here's what I say about the guilt of being occasionally impatient. The advice we are given and what we try to do is to be positive all the time, take all the blame, …4 -
Re: From Maybe to Reality
Sounds like the pastor heard you say " my husband has a brain issue" and he offered an unresearched fix-it "solution" for that RATHER then hearing you saying " I- ME- am stru…2
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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