Thursday, August 26, 2010
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SPECIAL NOTE TO HOMETOWN READERS
I just thought I would let you know, my parents do not know I am blogging about them. I'd like to keep it that way, please. This is just a way to keep folks updated and my free therapy as we pack my parents' suitcases for a place none of us has been.
(I guess my dad knows about my blog now. I'm pretty sure he is okay with it.)
Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Blog Archive
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August
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- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- Hospice
- Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate
- What Comes Out
- Turning the Corner
- Eulogy
- Multi-tasker Extraordinaire
- Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye
- Painfully Beautiful
- Impending
- Rumblings
- Sweet Conversations
- Obituary
- Passing
- Vigil
- Hospital Bed
- Facts and Figures
- Battering
- Bad Cop
- Book Review II
- What If, What If, What If
- Just When You Think It's Safe
- Perchance to Dream
- Never a Dull Moment
- Your Dad Might Be Hallucinating If..
- Hope Springs Eternal
- Catching Up
- Happy Place
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August
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About Me
- Gwen
- I am a wife, mother, sister, and friend. Life is full of stories, and I consider it free therapy to write some of them here.
Denial
"Denial is when we think we can set aside old issues and build a new relationship with our parents. We tell ourselves that things will be different this time, that our parents have changed. What we're denying is our own feelings, perhaps anger or abandonment or betrayal. We're also denying the very real possibility that nothing has changed, that our parents will be just as they always were." Eleanor Cade
Mom's Health Odyssey
- June 30, 2012 -- Entrance into Heaven
- May 2010 -- Colon Cancer
- Date?? -- TIAs detected
- Winter 2010 -- Intestinal Blockage
- Fall 2008 -- Atrial Fib, Blood Pressure
- 2002 -- Broken Femur
- Spring 1990 -- Colo-Rectal Cancer
What 62 Years Looks Like
Dad's Health Odyssey
- August 16, 2010 -- Entrance into Heaven
- May 2010 -- Sepsis/Hospital
- October 2009 -- Hospital for Low Blood Pressure
- Summer 2009 -- Blood Bacteria, etc./Month in hospital
- Fall 2008 -- Arteriogram
- Spring 2008 -- Memory Blip for 1/2 Day
- Spring 2008 -- Pacemaker
- December 1999 -- Whacks Head
- Fall 1989 -- Quadruple Bypass
Circle of Stubbornness
So sad! I'm sorry! I can't imagine, and I dread the day for me. Love to all of you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gwen. I posted two of the pictures on my FB account. I am tired of death, decay, change, saying goodbye, cancer, illness, rashes, smothering heat, and many more things..."we feebly struggle, they in glory shine." from "For All the Saints" which was sung at our Grandma Poole's funeral.
ReplyDeleteWhat precious glimpses into your parent's world! Made me cry to look at them! I love you and am praying for you all!! XOXO
ReplyDeleteMade me cry as well, especially the one of him asleep in his chair with your mom in the background... So beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh, I hadn't even made it down this far when I commented in the previous post. Once again wiping away tears. Thank you for sharing these beautiful glimpses into the love you share as a family. What a treasure. Sending my love and praying ~
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