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Re: Re: Thank you.. I don't know if you keep up with such things, but
Glad it sounds useful - I'm sure they'll be pleasantly surptised. Merry Christmas!
posted by
2902
on December 23, 2011 at 6:15 AM
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Re: Thank you.. I don't know if you keep up with such things, but
Thank you for that information. The wife of my close friend (they've been married 53 years!) has Parkinson's disease. I'll tell him about the Scrabble games - it may help them too. Merry Christmas!!
posted by
adnohr
on December 23, 2011 at 5:01 AM
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That's true, Jay. It's a connection that's pleasanter than most caregiving
tasks but in some ways the most important of all. We do it daily if possible. I've learnedto let chores slide to make time for it.
posted by
2902
on December 22, 2011 at 12:08 AM
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It does more than that...it lets love grow.
posted by
UtahJay
on December 21, 2011 at 11:03 PM
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Re: And the same to you!
posted by
2902
on December 21, 2011 at 9:54 PM
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Re: Back atcha!
posted by
2902
on December 21, 2011 at 9:53 PM
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
posted by
shamasehar
on December 21, 2011 at 9:49 PM
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In case I don’t make the rounds before Christmas thank you for your
support and kindness throughout the year.
posted by
Troosha
on December 21, 2011 at 8:35 PM
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Re:Scrabble is just about the only mental exercise she gets. And if
we've been having words for some reason, it calms us both.
posted by
2902
on December 21, 2011 at 4:29 PM
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Re: This is so sad and I know it can happen but it seems unfair.
When Ginny first got MS, the hardest thing to get over was "Why me?" I've never seen her - or anyone else, for that matter - cry that way. Hardly any sound, just rocking back and forth with her mouth open. It was awful, but she's pretty much at peace with it now. Now it's a question of her memory and things.
posted by
2902
on December 21, 2011 at 4:27 PM
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How sad, but you are so right! My daughter loves to play Scrabble® and it is a Christmas Eve tradition at our house! sam
posted by
sam444
on December 21, 2011 at 2:17 PM
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This is so sad and I know it can happen but it seems unfair.
but you wrote so well.
posted by
Kabu
on December 21, 2011 at 10:59 AM
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Re: Re: I appreciate that, CC. The idea just grew to several stanzas,
and then I trimmed out the deadwoodtill it got down to 4.
posted by
2902
on December 21, 2011 at 8:10 AM
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Re: I appreciate that,
posted by
2902
on December 21, 2011 at 8:08 AM
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Lo Bob I just had to say how touched I was to read this. Sadly beautiful. Always on Journal for replies to poems. 
posted by
C_C_T
on December 21, 2011 at 7:16 AM
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Thank you.. I don't know if you keep up with such things, but
Barnes and Noble just began selling oversized Scrabble games - tiles and board seem half again as big as regular size. Overpriced, too, but I didn't wait for a sale. We've used it twice, now, and it really helps.
posted by
2902
on December 21, 2011 at 6:23 AM
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I can't remember having read any poem so poignant as this one. Well done.
posted by
adnohr
on December 21, 2011 at 5:09 AM
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