Stories, Novels, and Other Such Stuff From Big V

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Five

Fighting For My Sanity For the next six months, my life consisted of keeping my head down, my mouth shut, and my eyes dry. I couldn't think of anything except my writing. If I thought or were reminded about my wife, it would send me spiraling into a rabbit hole that would take days, sometimes weeks... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Four

Then It Came To Pass On the Sunday afternoon of April 8th, Judy became more aware that she had been over the previous sixty days. She talked to me about things that had happened in our lives. Some of those things were good, some bad, but all had been a part of our lives. She held my hand tight and... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Three

The Last Good Time It was a beautiful October day by Upper Peninsula standards. The sun was shining, the wind off the big lake was light, and it was almost 70 degrees. Judy had made a dozen sandwiches the night before and had put them in the freezer. A dozen sandwiches between two adults sounds... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Two

As time went by, and the wound in my heart began to ease, I began to decide to sort some of the things that were Judy's possessions. Part of me wanted to keep her stuff forever, but another part of me knew that what few visitors I did get might think me crazier than they already did. You live a life... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 8, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Opening

Finding Myself Again A True Story Verwayne Greenhoe Prologue What you are about to read has been my life since my wife's first stroke in January 2014. Her slide due to dementia started at a slow pace, but the last few months were almost at a breakneck speed. My next few months were a blur as I... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 6, 2024

I Remember Judy - A Love Story - Part Finale

Epilogue Toward the end of this story, I couched my words. There are many memories I want to relive by writing them here, but there are also memories best left to my wife and me. For the story’s purposes, a detailed description of the slow loss of the beautiful soul that was my Judy is nothing more... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 5, 2024

I Remember Judy - A Love Story - Part Fifty

And The Rest is Silence From the time I started this story, I kept asking myself how I would end it. Knowing the nearly inevitable path of patients with dementia, you can figure out where this story will end or has ended. I don’t care to recall or relive any part of that projected ending. I’ll leave... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 4, 2024

I Remember Judy - A Love Story - Part Forty Nine

The Long and Winding Road For several months, Judy was much more like the woman I had known all our time together. We held hands and kissed as we had always done and said our three words at every parting. It was a wondrous time for us, but then she began to change. We would talk, and she would... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

I Remember Judy - A Love Story - Part Forty Eight

The Final Time I hoped that after a day or two, Judy would snap out of the emotional coma that had engulfed her. But it didn’t happen. She realized who I was, but she didn’t respond to me as my wife had always responded to me. I would talk to, hold, hug, and tell her I loved her, but she had very... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

I Remember Judy - A Love Story - Part Forty Seven

One morning, I went to take a shower, and just before I did, I checked on Judy. She was sitting in a chair in the middle of our little living area. Feeling safe that I could be gone for a few minutes, I jumped into the shower. I noticed that Judy and the dogs were gone as I got out. I wasn’t worried... Sign in to see full entry.

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