tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post3111289385916889427..comments2023-10-05T17:36:23.029+01:00Comments on Having my cake and eating it too: Have you seen her...?Joanna Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15944673677004607976noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-54526565557332906132009-04-09T18:27:00.000+01:002009-04-09T18:27:00.000+01:00My mother is leaving us in this same, slow way. On...My mother is leaving us in this same, slow way. On a good day, she remembers who my father is. She doesn't remember me.<BR/><BR/>But it's not about me, it's about her. What's important is that she is cared for, comfortable and content. She is still visited regularly by kind-faced people she can't place and doesn't have much to say.<BR/><BR/>I was going to give her an LCD picture frame Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-32841496162290919092009-04-09T13:52:00.000+01:002009-04-09T13:52:00.000+01:00When my brother passed from cancer, the last debil...When my brother passed from cancer, the last debilitating effect was the dementia. He slipped into what we lovingly referred to as his second childhood. He had been a carpenter all of his life, and it was not lost on us that in his final days, he would walk the house pointing out things that needed fixing, imagining he was in places long removed from the here and now. We could have been sad, we Nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633181191459052874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-71216336731308299402009-04-08T23:19:00.000+01:002009-04-08T23:19:00.000+01:00While working as a paramedic for all those years, ...While working as a paramedic for all those years, I would watch in horror, time and time again the scene you described played out with so many patients. As horrible as it is for the patient, I am thoroughly convinced it is worse for the caregiver, the person who has to sit by and watch the person they know and love die by degrees. <BR/><BR/>I also remember seeing it happen to my next door Mr. Nighttimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546329409708860876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-75476946672582148382009-04-08T20:48:00.000+01:002009-04-08T20:48:00.000+01:00Good afternoon Having My Cake,So touching.Shame to...Good afternoon Having My Cake,<BR/><BR/>So touching.<BR/><BR/>Shame to all, that would deny them both release.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233754448811631284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-1905960707760985272009-04-08T17:10:00.000+01:002009-04-08T17:10:00.000+01:00So sad :( ......So sad :( ......justmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16768035027235782814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-19615886349273508912009-04-08T14:03:00.000+01:002009-04-08T14:03:00.000+01:00Heartbreaking.Heartbreaking.nitebyrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967190902623933068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-60628186014065447442009-04-08T12:45:00.000+01:002009-04-08T12:45:00.000+01:00Super sad, but so beautifully written...DarenxxSuper sad, but so beautifully written...<BR/><BR/>Daren<BR/>xxDarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691040298320629603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-32574723570340404582009-04-08T08:19:00.000+01:002009-04-08T08:19:00.000+01:00FC has again caused me to think...and possible fol...FC has again caused me to think...and possible follow the same action.<BR/><BR/>A similar feeling over-takes me when I see the Solitary Swan, while up at work.<BR/><BR/>My wish for you,Cake, is to NOT be that swan, but part of a Vibrant Pair!!!Polarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946009143669803451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-80122345414597027562009-04-08T00:04:00.000+01:002009-04-08T00:04:00.000+01:00Absent the tears, my reaction was the same as Dark...Absent the tears, my reaction was the same as Dark Side's.hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341805107057968097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-81855502727507461932009-04-07T20:52:00.000+01:002009-04-07T20:52:00.000+01:00That has just made me weep buckets while reading i...That has just made me weep buckets while reading it and I have to admit it is one of my greatest fears either for myself or my family..xxDark Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01041020755058214988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-89123026752040324732009-04-07T18:38:00.000+01:002009-04-07T18:38:00.000+01:00I will print this out, keep it in a safe place and...I will print this out, keep it in a safe place and read it every so often to remind me, whenever I feel like being spiteful or petty or small-minded, that what we have now is fragile and transient and to make the most of it while it lasts.Fat Controllerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041653310357187641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-82108249483910335222009-04-07T17:30:00.000+01:002009-04-07T17:30:00.000+01:00Absolutely heartbreaking. BG xAbsolutely heartbreaking. BG xBenefitScroungingScumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493386230053818260.post-55607352671230285202009-04-07T16:01:00.000+01:002009-04-07T16:01:00.000+01:00damn thats sad right there.damn thats sad right there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com