I can't believe it's five months since Leaf broke his leg. They've hurtled by as they do these days. Three weeks ago the assessment was due and I was called to the hospital. Even with regular physio, Leaf hadn't made sufficient progress learning to walk again. With that advance warning, I didn't sleep well, but … Continue reading CRUNCH-TIME
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A DIFFICULT TRANSITION
It’s easy to lose track of the days when you’re retired and even more easy if you’re living with a mountain of paperwork that has to be waded through. Day in, day out, filling in forms, scanning, copying endless documents. Nothing unusual about that – but it has to be the most boring occupation and one of … Continue reading A DIFFICULT TRANSITION
THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTER
(with photos from our scrapbook of memories) Leaf and I have moved on to another era. I’m calling it The Penultimate Chapter because I’m hopeful the ultimate one will be more serene. EARLY DAYS BARCELONA 2001 Ten days ago, I cracked. Our doctor referred to what happened to me as a Burn-Out. My body simply took over, I … Continue reading THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTER
CROSSING FINGERS
We’ve weathered this week’s storm – of one sort or another - as Leaf continues to do the craziest of stuff: emptying drawers, pulling things apart, refusing to take his prostate medicaments or go to bed and making a mess with his food. Two letters waiting to go the post were opened and contents removed – … Continue reading CROSSING FINGERS
SURRENDER
It’s been a crazy week, a week of medics, revelations and decisions. But first, what has Leaf been up to? Well, apart from calling me nasty names and generally assassinating my character, he’s hidden more stuff – must I clear the house? Another two doors have to be locked at night. He gets up before me, having … Continue reading SURRENDER
TAKING CARE OF …
What’s in a word? How often we hear that. Many words have multiple denotations and connotations. And the words we stress in any sentence, can completely alter the meaning usually within a given context. Example: We drove to London …. they drove somewhere else. We drove to London …. they took the train. We drove … Continue reading TAKING CARE OF …
A HORRIBLE WAY TO GO
Now we have Covid19 and care homes are in the news. Several people have raised the possibility with me. How do we feel about the subject? Both my grandparents on Daddy’s side, died at home. At home being with us – Grandad died in his mid-sixties from a heart attack, Granny in her late seventies … Continue reading A HORRIBLE WAY TO GO
RAMBLING
Dear Friends, It’s been one of those days when the list of tasks seemed endless, not at all like a Sunday should be – sprawled in a deckchair with a good book! Before getting going in the morning, there were animals to be fed, contact breakers to be reconnected, doors to be unlocked. This morning … Continue reading RAMBLING
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
It’s a year since Leaf’s last major check-up. No escaping that seven hours at the hospital! Thank goodness for a private room and that I’d thought to take my laptop and Leaf his colouring book. The gaps between seeing people are long and obviously boring. UP TO DATE! It was good to see the same … Continue reading ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
WHEN THE TIME COMES
Last week I decided the time has come to activate my Enduring Power of Attorney – Mandat de Protection Future. Leaf has now lost so many of his faculties, he wouldn’t be able to make major decisions. In the past few months his AD has speeded up and whether it will plateau or keep accelerating, … Continue reading WHEN THE TIME COMES
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