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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.

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Oh, Golden, so glad on the house. ONE thing off your mind. I know there will still be stuff, but what a relief they also took furniture. Moves are dreadful hard.
I hate balance issue stuff. My brother's was awful and mine is awful as well. The more they try to work with you and assess the slower they make you go and the worse the balance until you feel a feather in the wind. Such an odd brain thing. To be more weight that ever I was at 140 or so, and still feeling lighter as I fly around on the buses as they start and stop. Eye things ADD to it as my right eye is wonky and my brain adjusting right and left is ridiculous to the extent my eye exams are always "Gee, your eyes are so much worse this year" and then a year later "Wow, so much better than last year!" Right! Aging is a nightmare and I've no courage for it.

Happy that the llamalover is back with us. Wishing need would show her face because I can't relax unless she does.

And on we go.
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Golden: Congratulations on the sale of the house. Prayers for R.
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Golden,
So glad for you.
All went well even if it took some months
So good they take furniture.
Hope R will see specialists soon and improve some or little more every day.
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@Golden ,

Glad the house is settled .
Sorry about R’s persistent symptoms .
Make sure he drinks enough . Dehydration can make those symptoms more bothersome .
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Don't know where to put this but it is very much on my mind - the house is sold as of last night.

I've already sent the necessary documents to the lawyer. Possession day is Oct 7th. They will take all the furniture that is left in the house which is a great blessing. We were going to drive up to take the plants etc, but I am thinking I will leave the plants and get someone to bring down the last few things which are not much (a few pictures on the walls). I can send the keys I have up the my realtor. Most of them are already in the house.

R had his assessment and they were concerned about his eyes and balance so he needs to see some specialists - eyes, head and neck injuries, maybe more. It's just over 2 months from the accident and his eye issues and dizziness are still there to some extent. He functions very well, has no problems when sitting down, or on the computer unless he stays on it too long, but does have them when standing and walking at times (like down stairs) though not that I notice around the condo or when we are out walking.

Anyhoo - thank goodness the house is sold and I don't have to keep paying those bills and getting people to look after it, The strange thing was that we got a much higher offer yesterday, but it was too late. I had already signed and the buyers met the conditions.

Such a busy time for both of us!!!
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Golden, Nacy, ITRR, Alva and Send: Thank you very much.
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Llama, Praise The Lord that you are home. May HE continue to heal your body and be with you and DH.
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So glad you're home Llama , take good care of yourself 💕
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Thinking good thoughts for you Llama! 🦙️🥝🥝🥝🦙️
Glad you are home and well cared for.
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Llama ((((((hugs))))) So glad you are better and at home!!!
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Llama, what GREAT news. Please take care and be careful with yourself.
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Way: Thank you. I am.
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Llama ,

You must be so happy !!
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Update: My DD brought me home to DH today! I had a slight delay on discharge when a last minute gut reset ncluding abdominal exray was performed.
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Also wondering about Need
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Also Alva, not sure if you where still here, a very good family friend of her daughters that it sounded like spent much time at her home growing up. Suddenly died, I can't remember if it was a car accident or what, but it was devastating to her and her family.

Which makes me worry more about her health issues, with that stress.

That was pretty much her last few post.
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I was thinking the same last night while watching the hurricane report.
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I know alva, me too. I actually had needs email and erased it 😔 so mad at myself for that.
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I am thinking of and missing needs help all the time, Nacy. I can't believe she left us this long without telling us she was going away! Makes me very worried for her. Was told she occ. does take a vaca from us without a work. Still, I know she was wearing a heart monitor when she left us. I don't like it.
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Just want to say , if you listening Needshelp, stay safe you have a hurricane coming, I am sending your and your family and your beautiful city much prayers and love, and will be thinking of you.
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Hi hereiam.
At my age it is so confusing. We had a here i am and an i am here. One of them went off to ER with abdominal pains and was never heard of again, and one left. Which one are you?
I think it is more random chaos myself--life, that is-- though snowflakes and cut cabbages and have some very intricately sculpted patterns. If you watch the life of a single cell it is really quite intricate as well. It's anyone's guess, I think............
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Haven't been here in ages. Was just watching a movie about fate. I never used to believe in fate. But I just heard the protagonist in the movie say, "I think fate's behind everything."

I wonder...
Maybe it's true.

Here I Am
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Get well soon Llama!
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Thank you all SO much again. Your uplifting posts mean the world to me. 💚
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llama, health huggggggg.
🍀🍀🍀🌸🌸🌸
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Llama, continuing prayers for your recovery and your family.
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Dear Llama. So glad your dd has been able to step up so that dh is looked after. What a turn of events for your family!!! Big challenges. You are a very sensible lady so you will work your way through this. Prayers for all needs to be met. (((((hugs))))
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Thank you all. This has been very challenging to say the least. I push myself to get better. With DH unwell, our DD has stepped up.
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Wonderful advice Golden and Alva. Hoping to implement those words into my consciousness every day.
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@ Alva. That's the thing - live more in the moment and the thankful. Today, right now, I don't have pain, I have a home, food to eat, a great companion, enough money, the sun is shining...We rob ourselves of today by living in the past or the future. We can't change the past,though we can learn from it, and we don't know the future, though we can make some intelligent predictions and plans e.g. If I spend too much today, I may not have what I need tomorrow, so I won't make as many frivolous purchases. Everyone needs a little "frivel", but nor too much.

One day after my youngest son had died and the funeral and paperwork was dealt with, I sat alone in a house that felt very empty. But really the hole was in my life, my heart, and I knew it would never be filled again,

So what now?

I saw the kitchen floor needed sweeping so I got the broom and swept it, and life went on. There were times when I lived from moment to moment like that. Those times became less and less. I learned to live around the hole in my heart.

My dd is being treated for stage 2b breast cancer. Though she is doing well, we both have acknowledged that it could come back.

But we don't dwell on it.

Today, as she is fine, life is too precious to spoiled by worrying about the future. It took some work and faith to get to this mindset, but it is well worth working on. Otherwise you lose today in the negatives of the past and the worries of the future.

R has prostate cancer and after cryosurgery it returned so he is on therapy to slow the growth. We both know that this treatment may not work, though the odds, as with my dd, as good.

But we don't dwell on it.

We live today making good plans for the future - to do things we want to do. Life is going on. In the back of our minds is the awareness that things may not work out as we would like. We are realists, but that awareness does not rule our days,.

Matthew 6:34 is “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

John 16:33 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

I used to worry about my health, getting cancer, heart attack and so on. One day I realised i had spent too much time and energy on the worry, which accomplished nothing good, and spoiled the day, so I did the sensible thing and, for the most part, stopped worrying. I recommend breaking that worry habit.
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