I realize I’ve been too quiet lately; I wish I had more time to write here. I wish I had more time, period. But, here’s what our family has been up to the past few weeks: Basketball,basketball,being sick with fever / sore throat / virus / whatever,basketball,work and school,basketball,I spent…
Category: family
Voices in my head, these days
It has been two weeks since Gerald passed away. We are meeting with his doctor later this afternoon to hear more about the results of blood tests taken in the emergency room, and any other information from the hospital records that might help us understand how he became so sick…
How long do you hope for a miracle?
That was a question I asked Jeff in the Intensive Care family waiting room on Friday, September 19, 2008. My father-in-law’s condition was not improving. He was on a ventilator, and hadn’t taken a breath on his own since about 6am that day, when he’d collapsed at home. His kidney…
Life = Multitudes of Poems
I’ve been working on a project for my mother’s birthday – though clearly I haven’t been working hard enough at it, because her birthday is in two days and I’m not even done with it yet, so who knows when it’ll get packed up and into the mail. But it’s…
My mother, and her hair styles, through the years
I talked with Jerilyn last Tuesday after she visited my mom, and she said she’d spent about 90 minutes with her. They had a good conversation, including my mom asking why she’s getting hospice services, and Jerilyn saying that my mom had really been declining earlier in the year, so…
When you gonna love you… ?
A couple of co-workers of mine spent all day today at the library annex, instead of coming back to the headquarters building in the afternoon. They were getting a lot accomplished, so figured they’d keep on the rest of the day. I was thinking about this on the way to…
Coming up for air – finally – maybe
It’s Monday evening. I started reading The glass castle by Jeannette Walls last Thursday evening, and was immediately hooked. I spent as much time reading over the weekend as I could, and finished the book today at the end of my lunch break. For about the last half hour, I’ve…
My LibraryThing anniversary: ah, Book Love!
I created my LibraryThing account one year ago today, and immediately started adding books. There are now 710 books in my catalog, which is still not all the books I own. I have to confess, once I got the bulk of the literature and fiction done (most of which is…
“Tell her that I love her.” Huh?
While I was in Seattle almost two weeks ago, Jerilyn left a message on the machine at home, reporting an excellent visit she had with my mother at the nursing home. I called Jerilyn back last Monday – so, six days ago – and she reiterated how different my mom…
Update on Ma, June 11th
I talked to Linda, my mom’s hospice nurse, about an hour ago. No major changes, but still a bit to report. She’s eating better than when I visited, but not as well as a couple weeks back – “about 30%” of the food she’s given. She has gained one pound,…