My Late Husband's Gifts Are Regenerating Smiles All Over Town
I haven't been here in a while but I wanted to share what I've been practicing lately. Six months ago my husband died of ALS. There was no dignity involved, and though he was a kind person at his core, the disease broke him to the point that he self medicated and became someone none of his loved ones recognized. So two years of a very difficult situation, and after he died, most of our mutual friends disappeared. Then people I thought were my friends started telling me how I should grieve, what I should and shouldn't talk about, how I should behave. I wasn't doing or saying anything crazy; I was just grieving in what I thought was a pretty typical fashion. So I'm starting over at 54 in more ways than one. Who ever thinks this will actually happen? I sure didn't, but luckily I'm flexible and adaptable and ... Read Full Story >>
- Posted by Riverwitch
- Sep 4, 2016
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Anonymous Kindness
I was the recipient of a kindness yesterday that still has me in wonderment. My husband, who has ALS, was in his power wheel chair and got stuck in the driveway, with his foot under the chair, which is too heavy for me to lift. Four cars drove by on our street as I was trying to get him unstuck, and I was almost in tears because I just can't lift much with my bad back. A woman in her late 50s to early 60s finally stopped and helped me get him back into his chair and get his foot unstuck. I am so grateful to her, and I never even got her name!
- Posted by Riverwitch
- Jun 19, 2015
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