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  1. sharon

    I Still Care About You

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    March 8, 2011
    Greetings to my friends at caregiving.com! As most of you know I blogged at caregiving.com until the death of my husband on January 2, 2011. Even though I am not actively blogging at his site anymore I read your blog posts often, and I still care about you all. You...
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    Tears

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    | Sharon's Blog
    January 9, 2011
    Friday was visitation night for my husband at the funeral home, and Saturday was the funeral at church. Friday night went fairly well. I felt an extra sense of God’s grace and peace. Having to say a final farewell on Saturday was very difficult. The service however was very meaningful....
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    Update

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    | Sharon's Blog
    January 4, 2011
    I thought I would try to write a few lines today updating my brief blog of a couple days ago. On Saturday, Jan 1 my husband, Wayne, turned 65. We spent a quiet day at home. I did fix him his favorite meal. Also he received phone calls from his...
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    My Husband

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    | Sharon's Blog
    January 2, 2011
    This is just to let you know that my dear husband, Wayne, passed away last night in his sleep. My son and I found him this morning. It was quite a shock. I will write more later.
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    Moments

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    | Sharon's Blog
    December 28, 2010
    There were joyful moments, overwhelming moments, wonderful moments, discouraging moments, blessed moments, chaotic moments, and relieved moments. My son from London, his wife, and their two-year-old little girl were here from December 13 to December 27. Another son, his wife, and their two daughters from Iowa were also here from...
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    My Son’s Family’s Visit

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    | Sharon's Blog
    December 13, 2010
    My son, Brian; his wife; and my 2-year-old granddaughter flew in from London, England to O’Hare airport. They have landed according to the internet as I write. My local son should be there right now to pick them up. They were due to land around 1:48 P.M. The plan is...
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    Sharon’s Holiday Blog Update

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    | Sharon's Blog
    December 6, 2010
    This week there is a Holiday Progressive Blog Party taking place at caregiving.com. Also the theme of the Happiness Project on caregiving.com for this month is rejoice. At first glance it would seem ridiculous to associate party and rejoicing with caregiving. The last four and one half years have been...
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    Waves

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    | Sharon's Blog
    November 30, 2010
    Yesterday I was awestruck by the beautiful sunrise. First, there were the beautiful pinks coming forth all across the sky and then the gradual yellows; as the early morning sun rose into view. Waves of joy and gratitude for God’s faithfulness surfaced in my heart. Other kinds of waves hit...
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    Our Thanksgiving Day

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    | Sharon's Blog
    November 26, 2010
    We had a nice Thanksgiving. After a wonderful Thanksgiving service in church we had Thanksgiving dinner at our house with our local son’s and his wife’s family. They brought a lion share of the food. I made the side dishes and pies and set up the tables. We also had...
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    The Sun is Still Shining!

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    | Sharon's Blog
    November 23, 2010
    Some days can be cloudy and dreary. Some days can be sunshiny and bright. I was thinking this morning when I saw the beautiful sunrise that it is so much easier to feel joyful in one’s spirit when one can see the sun shining in all its brilliance. Even on...
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    A Special Treat

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    | Sharon's Blog
    November 11, 2010
    I had a special treat today. My son offered to stay with my husband and take care of all of his needs alone today. So I left the house around 9:00 this morning. First, I went down to our local State Park awhile. I sat and watched the sun shimmering...
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    The Sit to Stand Lift

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    | Sharon's Blog
    November 6, 2010
    I would say that there has been some more progression in my husband’s disease even since my son, Troy, started helping me. I hope things are leveling off now for awhile. That seems to be the nature of the disease. My husband, Wayne, take big jumps down and then he...
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    Get Out of Your Cave

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    | Sharon's Blog
    November 4, 2010
    (This blog post is a very personal application to myself of Elijah’s experiences in I Kings 19 in the Old Testament of the Bible.) Sharon was feeling very discouraged and afraid because of the overwhelming circumstances of her life. She was especially discouraged about the circumstances of her husband’s disease...
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    My Week

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    | Sharon's Blog
    October 31, 2010
    Last week was a busy week again. On Monday my son and I went to Home Care Resources, a store that stocks items which are helpful for people with disabilities of various kinds. We looked at a sit-to-stand lift there for Wayne, my husband. I had broken the bow of...
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    A Little Respite

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    | Sharon's Blog
    October 21, 2010
    My son and his family, my daughter in-law’s father, Wayne, and I went away for a couple nights this week. We took a couple hours drive to the WI Dells. My son was there to help with my husband’s, Wayne’s, transfers, and so it was good for all of us....
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    Life’s Unexpected Twists and Turns

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    | Sharon's Blog
    October 12, 2010
    Life surely has some unplanned twists and turns. I would never have guessed four and one half years ago that I would be a caregiver for my husband with a serious neurological disease. I would not have guessed either that I would go through months of treatment for breast cancer...
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    Wednesday Ramblings

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    | Sharon's Blog
    October 6, 2010
    Stress seems to be the name of the game these days for anyone who has a job. Troy, one of my sons, is very stressed with his new job. Employers seem to know that they have the upper hand in this economy. Troy is also very worried he will lose...
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    Hope

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    | Sharon's Blog
    September 25, 2010
    Things definitely are changing with my husband, Wayne. Transfers for my husband to the bathroom, back to the chair etc., are getting more difficult, and I have been finding myself getting increasingly stressed. I find myself dreading and consumed with thinking about the next transfer. I also keep wondering what...
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    Emotional Roller Coaster

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    | Sharon's Blog
    September 20, 2010
    There has been a whirlwind of emotions swirling around in my heart especially since my mother-in-law’s death in early September. I have said this before, but her decline and death and its accompanying grief tends to blend with my grief about my husband’s illness and decline. There have been good...
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    Tuesday Prayer

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    | Sharon's Blog
    September 14, 2010
    Lord, help me today to count my blessings and not dwell on the difficult moments. Help me not give into fear about the future, but rather trust that You will guide step by step. I don’t know for certain the turns that this caregiving road will take in the future,...
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  22. sharon

    The Emotionally Draining Highs and Lows

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    | Sharon's Blog
    September 9, 2010
    There have many highs and lows in this past week. One week ago today my mother-in-law passed away in the early morning. She was 88-years-old and, except for her last two years of her life when she was fighting ovarian cancer, she lived a healthy life. It was difficult to...
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