TGIF. The past week to ten days has been sooooo busy. A summary is in order. Wed., May 21 – Kyle and Ryan’s last day of school Thur., May 22 – Jut and Lisa and the twins arrived very late evening Fri., May 23 – Jeff and I took day…
PBS program about depression
Only a couple minutes to write, but wanted to note a very good program about depression that was on PBS a couple nights ago, called Depression: Out of the Shadows. It was followed by a Q&A with Jane Pauley and three experts on different aspects of depression. They are reairing…
Talked with Linda, the hospice nurse
I called Linda, the hospice nurse assigned to my mom’s case, yesterday, and she said she’d call me back today after seeing my mom. She called me at work, late morning, and I took the following notes: My mom is usually “very quiet” lately. Today, Linda said, she opened her…
Update on my mother – Spring 2008
This blog was originally posted on MySpace on May 5, 2008. I talked in my last blog about a friend of ours who passed away very unexpectedly, a few weeks ago now. What I didn’t say was, when our friend Jeff W. took a turn for the worse (on or…
I call it “All the parts” because …
In the summer of 1993, my Aunt Helen lent me the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley. When I returned it to her, I told her my biggest secret: that I had been sexually abused when I was a child. She said to me, as we both…
Memorial
In the interest of providing a quick update on what’s been going on with our family this past month or so, I’m re-posting a couple of blogs that I first posted on MySpace. This is a short one, posted on April 21, 2008. Jeff is driving the boys to school,…
It’s mostly about communication…and time
Every year in December, my husband and I send out approximately 50 Christmas cards to friends and relatives all over the country – well, mostly my friends and relatives, because half of Jeff’s family and friends live pretty close to us. We include family photos and/or photos of our kids,…