Stories, Novels, and Other Such Stuff From Big V

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Saturday, March 12, 2022

Caregiver - Part Fifteen

Those 'Time Passages' - with a tip of the hat to Al Stewart As I thumbed through the notebooks in which she had kept her inner thoughts and fears, I began to see that as close as we had been, she had hidden those fears. There were several entries where she had worried about her fears ' hurting him.'... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 11, 2022

Caregiver - Part Fourteen

More Things To Do After The Funeral Some of the things I'll be detailing here may seem like common sense, but when under the travails of grief, common sense tends to hide. It sounds trite, but you'd be amazed at what you can forget when you think of nothing but your recent loss. There may be the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Caregiver - Part Thirteen

Trust And Respect One of the things that I remember about my wife was her professionalism at work as an OB nurse. Until the moment she had her stroke, Judy was always calm and relaxed under pressure. In the OB unit, most delivery outcomes resulted in a new baby and a tired and frazzled mom. The mom... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Caregiver - Part Twelve

Sidestep For A Moment As I go along here, I'm going to interject some information that I have learned as I worked with my wife. This section is the first of these sidesteps. While I worked in the medical field for a long time, things are continually changing. Old theories are proven wrong, new... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Caregiver - Part Eleven

NOTE: I am prepping this manuscript to be done as an Audible story. I have been leaving out the notes to my husband/wife narration team, but I thought I would leave the message below intact so you can see what I do for my narrators. V The other hobby that my wife loved to do was knit and crochet.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Caregiver - Part Ten

I Found Her Diaries… 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... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 4, 2022

Caregiver - Part Nine

After The Funeral - Part One When I did a web search for 'Things To Do After the Funeral,' many of these steps came up from multiple funeral home websites. I went to several of them, and as near as I could tell, they all had the same document. I checked for attribution but never found one. What... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Caregiver - Part Eight

Alone The one best thing that I had done was to have made all of Judy's funeral arrangements over a year before she passed away. I had lined up her services, the music that she loved, and a minister who had been a school friend. We both talked with him for several hours, and from that visit, he was... Sign in to see full entry.

Caregiver - Part Seven

It's Time To Face Facts Probably one of the hardest things to do when a family member is diagnosed with dementia or one of the other diseases I mentioned earlier, and realize what lays ahead. It's not easy to do, but the good thing about holding a family meeting is weeding out those who will not be... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Caregiver - Part Six

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.

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