
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Sorry about all your losses in your family.
Glad you are doing okay.
🙂 🌸 and i’m sending lots of summer hugs & courage to everyone.
🌸 today i had a nice day.
….i’m helping out my LOs. these days it’s not easy for them to see their friends. so when i visit, i try to organize nice parties for my LOs, so they can socialize and see their friends. we had a great party, and everyone was in a great mood. i’m organizing another party tomorrow, with dear friends of my parents.
apart from that, i’m trying to eliminate/solve many of my LOs’ problems, so i can focus on my work. to do my work well, i need a clear, peaceful, calm mind - not filled with my LOs’ problems.
step by step.
courage to all of us!
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
I love to pan fry cheese curds, season and serve as an appetizer with fresh tomatoes and a lovely cracker. We can only get frozen ones here and they are really expensive, like 15.00 for 8 ozs, special treat price.
KFC in the Carribean has rice and beans.
Oh, I think they have some kind of poutine on the menu, almost every restaurant tries to capitalize on that fad 🤢
Hmm, I have a coupon for there and I'm feeling hungry....
I rarely post these days but I do check the site every now and then just to see how folks are doing. Good to see many of my old friends still doing well.
My wife and I are doing fine, still have the horses and now a crazy puppy that keeps us on our toes. I’m the Senior Vice President in charge of horse poop management, dog park clean up and barn maintenance. Pretty low stress gig. Not much money in it but I’m allowed to sleep in the house and the food ain’t bad.
There was another big storm in New Orleans just before she disappeared from the forum. I assumed she had family priorities - always hoped she & hers were OK.
StaceyB and hubs moved to a 55+ manufactured home community and were living it last I knew.
I still think of Hope. She took a beating from some here shortly before her mom passed over tooth extractions! I felt so badly for her.
Who was it that lived in NO, daughter moved to Denver at the start of covid. Then all of the sudden she was gone.
Another one, had to start a positive thread. "What's for Dinner" BoniChak.
I wish there was a way to look at our very old posts. We would see how far we have come. After all I have been here about ten years.
Always remember we have no idea what people are going through and it you can't say something nice and supportive, just walk away.
Guam was bookluvr
Ahmijoy had another username, something about big mom or something? Can't remember exactly what it was.
While here, I'll share that I finished my B.S. with a 4.0. Who knew I was capable of that? I had no clue, but then it kept happening, class after class, all A's. I think my profs are easy graders or grade on a curve, though I did work hard and submitted everything according to the rubrics. I received full points on both final projects/papers. It's given me confidence in my academic ability, and I've never had that. I had the highest SATs in my H.S. graduating class but was in the bottom 50% in grades. My college transcripts from the '90s show a lot of Withdrawals. I didn't know how to do the work.
Caregiving took an immense toll on me, but I think it also made me more driven once I could get my head above water. Who knows. I'm just happy to be at this place in my life. And this forum played a big part in my getting here. Thank you.
🎵🎵🎵🎵 To all the caregivers I've met
Who travelled in and out of AC
I'm glad you came along
I dedicate this song
To all the caregivers I've met
To all the caregivers I've met
And may I say you're the best
For helping me to grow
I owe a lot I know
To all the caregivers I've met
The winds of change are always blowing
And every time I try to stay
The winds of change continue blowing
And they just carry me away
🎵🎵🎵🎵
(Thank you Julio Iglesia for the beautiful lyrics)
There have been many who went from posting daily/regularly to suddenly stopping or slowly drifting away. I wish all the previous "regulars" the very best, always. ❤️️🧡💛💚💙💜
CW, I also get concerned when someone reports they have a new Dx or are ill, and then they stop posting completely soon after.
There is another one whose name I can't come up with, who was here every day. She was hands-on daily caring for her mom for years, a funny and sweet person, and then she reported her own illness, and very soon after, she stopped posting -- leaves you with a somber feeling.
*I pulled up "the caregiving... how are YOU doing" and the "grossed out need to vent" threads. I'll take a trip down memory lane. 💜