Category Archives: survival
The College Saga
Well, here’s another facet of post-stroke surviving… our kids get whammied without the leadership of their parents – especially their fathers. I’m busy trying to keep things level and live the day to day, and dad has sunk into a … Continue reading
The Tale
I just watched a movie called The Tale. with Laura Dern. The story told, is my exact experience. Almost word for word. The girl in the movie was 13. I was 9. I always felt what happened to me was … Continue reading
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Communication breakdown
O.M.G. Again. We have gone round and round all morning. I have given him every minute since 8 o’clock so he could know I am listening to him. He has kept on and kept on about hating Rocky Mount and … Continue reading
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again we hit a wall.
Last night hubby threw a fit like I’ve never seen. He was screaming kill me! Over and over. It was so horrible. I was reading my bible for strength thru it and came across Behold I have refined thee but … Continue reading
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Posting writings: Part 2
Our handyman friend is here to fix our fence and deck over the next few days. It’s so hard listening to Steve try to talk and and have conversation. Half sentences and lots of you knows and veer offs from … Continue reading
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yesterday’s encouragement for the care giving wife
I decided to take this off of the reply thread I was responding to because it became too long. Before the stroke, we worked, we watched tv, we grocery shopped together – we played trivia, we hung out. I knitted … Continue reading
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so hard
As happy as I am that Steve is still with me, there are things that make this very difficult. He is not the same. It’s like he has these extreme opinions without the extreme intelligence to hold the opinion. I … Continue reading
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shit on caregiving.
Another explosive day… Steve has this way of going over the same thing over and over – You should have just done this – (it used to be focused on my kids which would bring this same reaction from me)Well … Continue reading
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Sandwich
Yesterday as hard as I tried, I felt smooshed. Stroke on top, Asperger’s on the bottom. When I push my son, he stems. People don’t understand how hard it is to watch over a person with Asperger’s. G did pull … Continue reading
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tunnels
Things are easing… We sold the Grand Am at the same time Steve got his first check from going back to work for the newspaper. We paid off the title loan on the Jimmy, caught up the house payment, got … Continue reading
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Green Jean Granny 