GRIEF IS LOVE THAT HAS OVERFLOWED

 

I can't put my grief in a box with a bow

Where will all the love go?

I grieve for people.

I grieve for pets.

I grieve for my old life.

The house that was home for 57 years.

The house that was home for 6 years.

Where will all the love go?

I grieve for the fun in LTC

Okay, so it wasn't all peachy.

Where will all the love go?

I grieve for relationships that are no longer.

I wish they could have been stronger

Where will all the love go?

I grieve for things that can never be,

That's just me/

If I put my grief in a box with a lock and a bow.

Where will all the love go?

My grief is a sign that the things I hold dear are still near.

Where will all the love go? 

THANK YOU FOR OUR FREEDOM

Thank you for fighting and paying the ultimate price so that Americans can be free 

This is a beautiful song. It makes me cry. God Bless the USA. I am embarrassed by our president, but I love my country.

 

THE UNRAVELING OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

I am afraid for all Americans. But especially the elderly and people with disabilities, most of all.

SOLD OUT IN THE LOU

Found on Printblur.com

 Yes, it is sad but true. Matt Rife's Stay Golden Tour is sold out in the Lou. I was bummed. I am bummed/ Then I made this second video just for fun. 

I WAS TOO CHICKEN

Take Risks.

Live your life.

Don't wimp out.

 

SOME GET IT, OTHERS DON'T

 

I lack sitting or standing balance. If I am not supported, I will fall like a ton of bricks.

THANKS FOR INVITIMG ME

Being included in events is so important to someone with a disability.

 

THANK YOU, MOM

This is how Mom and I spent hot summer afternoons when I was young. 

Forgive my hair. 

It was 1976.

The movie A Star Is Born was out.

I was obsessed with Barbra Streisand,

My perm was just like hers.

I thought I looked so cool.

It never gets easier.

My mom did everything she could to make happy.

Trips, concerts, and soap opera weekends.

We did it all.

Because she knew that there'd come a day when I might not be able to,

She crammed all the fun. All the memories into five decades.

Thank you, Mom

It never gets easier.

 

3 IN 3 (THE MATT RIFE EDTION)

If this is a hit, it could become a column.  Picture it. (Thank you, Sophia.) Me, the next Katie Couric, or at least Carrie Bradshaw/ (Yes, I know Carrie Bradshaw is fictional. Work with me here, people.)

Hmm... Is Mrs. Obama available?

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TRUST

Trust between a client and their caregiver is essential. I have had caregivers since 2005. Trusting a new caregiver is always difficult for   me, I have failed so many times, I keep trying.

 

SUNDAY RAMBLE

RFK Jr is cruel to want to cut services like Meals on Wheels. This service's meal might be the only meal the person gets for the day. How does he sleep at night?  People depend on this service. And his erroneous beliefs concerning people who are autistic.  Again, how does he sleep at night? Our country needs to build people up. Do not tear them down by destroying their dignity.

 Do not allow nursing homes to become a dumping ground for the mentally ill. Those who struggle with mental illness are often put in nursing homes by their guardians/family. As a consequence, these individuals do not get proper placement and treatment. Nor are they given a say as to their treatment,