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  3. G-J

    Older Americans Month

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    May 10, 2012
    May is Older Americans Month and the theme this year is Never Too Old To Play! I discovered this through Twitter, and have made great use of this information. On Tuesday mornings I teach Keep Your Brain Buff at the senior center. Teaching the class keeps my brain buff, keeps...
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  4. Teri

    And We Are Left With….

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    | Teri's Blog
    May 9, 2012
    …more questions than answers. So, I mapped out the trip to Gainesville yesterday to see if it would be easier to leave from the old house (my sister-in-law’s place) or from the new place (my dad’s place). There is only a five-minute difference in time – not a big deal....
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  5. G-J

    Because They Told Me

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    May 6, 2012
    When I grew up, I knew my parents wanted to be cremated because they told me. I knew they didn’t want to be hooked onto machines to stay alive, as they phrased it, because they told me. I knew that my parents wanted their ashes scattered. My mom made it...
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  7. Teri

    What a Week!

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    April 29, 2012
    It seems like this week has been a whirlwind of emotions for me. (I sincerely hope that none of this comes across as being ungrateful or judgmental.) We went to my dad’s place on Tuesday to “clean out” the room that we will be staying in over there. When we...
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  10. Teri

    On the Go….

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    | Teri's Blog
    April 22, 2012
    Oh my goodness. It seems like the past two to three weeks have been non-stop on the go for us. Either Mark or I have had an appointment almost every single day of the week each week. The good part is that almost all my dental work is done. I...
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  13. G-J

    I Need A Great Big Eraser

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    | G-J's Blog
    April 16, 2012
    “Please let me know if there’s anything you need,” people will say. Usually I don’t know what I need or might need, but this morning I figured it out. I need a great big eraser! I don’t need a little wimpy one. I don’t need one of the ones that...
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  15. Teri

    I Was Needed

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    | Teri's Blog
    April 15, 2012
    As everyone knows, being a caregiver seems to put us in a category all of our own most of the time. We are constantly needed. It might just be that we are needed for the mental and emotional support we give. It might be the actual physical care we give....
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  16. Tom

    Advice, Anyone ?

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    | Tom's Blog
    April 13, 2012
    There is one major recurring problem that I need help with (well actually there are at least a dozen, but one that I have a particularly hard time handling properly). My wife Lisa has a completely unpredictable sleep pattern, and she spends almost every minute of almost every day in...
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  17. Teri

    ‎”He Never Gives You the Ticket…”

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    April 13, 2012
    ‎”He never gives you the ticket till you are boarding the train.” This is a quote that was shared with me by a friend on Facebook yesterday. I am not a patient person – I am trying to remember if I ever prayed for patience… Maybe THAT is the problem!...
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  19. G-J

    Dear Nonprofit Organization

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    April 12, 2012
    Dear Nonprofit Organization: First, thank you very much for existing to help families like ours. It was a shock to hear when my husband was 55-years-old that he had Mild Cognitive Impairment. We had never even heard of this. The first place I turned, having received no information from the...
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  20. Tom

    I Am Her Dragon

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    April 10, 2012
    Lisa and I were watching a TV show the other day wherein a young woman has three pet baby dragons. “I want a dragon,” Lisa said, kind of sadly. I thought about that, and told her, “I am your dragon.” Well, I was born in the Chinese Year of the...
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  21. G-J

    Steve’s Sacramento Trip

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    April 9, 2012
    I’m sorry I haven’t written about Steve’s Sacramento trip sooner, but I’m finally getting to it. On March 28th, I took Steve to the airport for his advocacy trip to Sacramento with other members of the Alzheimer’s Association’s local office. As with many things these days, it was an educational...
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  22. Teri

    Just Venting…

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    | Teri's Blog
    April 9, 2012
    Tonight I just want to run away. No real reason, just a lot of little emotions. It does not help that I am off of my anti-depressant (I like to call this my “I can deal pill”). I am in the midst of a clinical trial with another medication. I...
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