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  1. Kristin

    The Sound of My Voice

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    April 22, 2012
    I do not have a mellifluous voice. Anyone who has heard me speaking with Denise knows that. The kindest thing that anyone has ever said about it was that it is, uh, “different.” So I often think about how it must grate on Mary’s ears throughout the day as I...
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    The Visit

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    November 25, 2011
    As you know if you’ve read Denise’s latest blog entry, she and Bette visited me last Sunday. Now, I don’t get a lot of visitors; in fact, I have not had one since I moved in here in March 2010, except for Mary’s daughters on their brief weekly visits. So...
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    What I Learned on My Summer Vacation

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    July 3, 2011
    On June 21, Mary’s oldest daughter visited from Oregon to take care of Mary while I “vacationed” by taking care of the youngest daughter’s farm while she was working at a music festival for several days. I have done this several times in the past - ”past” meaning when I was a bit...
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    The Cold-Plate Supper

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    June 8, 2011
    Sometimes Lewy Body can be funny and interesting. Mary has the version of REM sleep disorder  in which the caree acts out the dream after waking, rather than during REM. Today I returned home at 3:30 after an hour’s visit with a neighbor. Mary was resting on the couch, but...
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    Mary’s B-A-A-C-K!

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    | Blogs, Kristin's Blog
    May 25, 2011
    If there is anything worse than spending 24/7 with Mary, the cantankerous, ungrateful, angry person I caretake, it is doing so without a computer for 2-3 months to connect me to the outside world of the compos mentis. I am finally up and running and am most grateful. I have tried...
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    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

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    | Kristin's Blog
    April 17, 2011
    First of all thanks to EVERYONE who contributed to the caregifting project for this month (me). I have bought a pair of shoes that came complete with soles, and my back and knees are thanking you. I also made an appointment for the dentist to take care of the dental...
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    How Long, O Lord?

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    February 20, 2011
    Well, okay, my question is not the same as that of Habakkuk, who was in pretty dire straits waiting for his text message from God.  What has struck me this week, though, as I have read all the the stories of bloggers here, and have looked at the Lewy Body...
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    Meet Mary

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    | Kristin's Blog
    February 13, 2011
    (Editor’s Note: Today we welcome a new blogger, Kristin. Here’s her story…) I am a retired social worker who is caregiving an 85-year-old woman with dementia in return for assistance I received years ago from one of this woman’s daughters, who helped me through an extraordinarily difficult year 23 years...
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