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a door closes and another opens

November Greatitudes:
Day 1. Family
Day 2. Good friends
Day 3. Hospice care
Day 4. Peace of heart
Day 5. Rest
Day 6. Shelter: a home where love abides and grows daily
Day 7. A hug
Day 8. A smile
Day 9. An amazing sunrise
Day 10. Shared talents
Day 11. Technology
Day 12. Eyes that see and ears that hear
Day 13. The beauties of nature that surround us
Day 14. The colors in the sunset
Day 15. Peacemakers – and there are many if you take the time to look.
Day 16. Aunts, uncles and 2 generations of cousins gathered together
Day 17. Shared experiences
Day 18. Good memories of memorable moments and laughter
Day 19. Somedays, it’s the little things that matter the most.
Day 20. A sincere, thoughtful and unexpected “thank you”
Day 21. Reflection time
Day 22. Challenges and outcomes
Day 23. Having faith in what matters most
Day 24. Being able to “let go.”
Day 25. Family stories and heirlooms
Day 26. the ability to make daily choices – and opportunities to make things right if the choice was wrong.
Day 27. Health
Day 28. The little things that fill the spaces in your heart when you need them most. .
Day 29. Family traditions; holiday movies and reads
Day 30. Opportunities to continue to move forward – and grow.

Keep nurturing the seeds you plant…

November Greatitudes:
Day 1. Family
Day 2. Good friends
Day 3. Hospice care
Day 4. Peace of heart
Day 5. Rest
Day 6. Shelter: a home where love abides and grows daily
Day 7. A hug
Day 8. A smile
Day 9. An amazing sunrise
Day 10. Shared talents
Day 11. Technology
Day 12. Eyes that see and ears that hear
Day 13. The beauties of nature that surround us
Day 14. The colors in the sunset
Day 15. Peacemakers – and there are many if you take the time to look.
Day 16. Aunts, uncles and 2 generations of cousins gathered together
Day 17. Shared experiences
Day 18. Good memories of memorable moments and laughter
Day 19. Somedays, it’s the little things that matter the most.
Day 20. A sincere, thoughtful and unexpected “thank you”
Day 21. Reflection time
Day 22. Challenges and outcomes
Day 23. Having faith in what matters most

Spread a little “jam” today


Spread a little “jam” around today… find some happiness over the course of the day.  Today is funeral day. He was surrounded by family last evening. All but one of the grandchildren was able to make it and it was wonderful to see the cousins visiting together at the dinner and at the mortuary.

November Greatitudes:
Day 1. Family
Day 2. Good friends
Day 3. Hospice care
Day 4. Peace of heart
Day 5. Rest
Day 6. Shelter: a home where love abides and grows daily
Day 7. A hug
Day 8. A smile
Day 9. An amazing sunrise
Day 10. Shared talents
Day 11. Technology
Day 12. Eyes that see and ears that hear
Day 13. The beauties of nature that surround us
Day 14. The colors in the sunset
Day 15. Peacemakers – and there are many if you take the time to look.
Day 16. Aunts, uncles and 2 generations of cousins gathered together

Pause….

Pause.  Take a breath.  Find the good in the moment.

CAREGIVER NOTES:
They found some music for him to listen to yesterday. He even left the headphones on for a while and the oxygen in place while he listened. It was interesting to see him sleeping on his side in what I would call his most comfortable position when he was sleeping here at home. I hope that he’ll find even more comfort here at the house when we bring him home later today. He’ll be in hospice care. Yesterday was day 4 of refusing food and liquids. It doesn’t appear that he’ll change his mind and try to eat – he spit out the oral meds again yesterday, so we’re definitely moving into the comfort care stage as we follow the directives he’s left us.

POSITIVES:
He left the oxygen and music headphones in place
He responded to touch from everyone that visited yesterday (and I’m pretty sure he recognized who they were from their voices)

Truly. 

Truly. We made it through and so can you. 

CAREGIVER NOTE:
He got out of bed overnight – and fell. No additional pain or visible injuries other than a couple of bruises and now we’re waiting for X-rays and readings. They’d even beefed up the fall prevention steps, but somehow, he side-stepped them. UGH. It’s going to be a long recovery process if he won’t follow directions and stay put and sleep at night.

He did go to PT and OT yesterday. We able to stand and take two small steps. Not sure how things will go today with last night’s fall. More to come I’m sure.

POSITIVES:
His bedroom is put back together and ready
He did eat some lunch on his own
He did go to OT and PT and at tried!

10.19.24

CAREGIVER NOTE:
Not the best of nights — up 3 times with vivid dreams. Dream 1: Looking for car horns under his bed and out the window. Dream 2: Good times with old friends. Lots of laughter and joy and in good spirits. Dream 3: Playing a game, but lost the ball and no one could find it. Again looking under the bed and all around the room. He’d fixed the bed so you couldn’t tell he was out of it. UGH! He also thought he was somewhere else and wanted to go home and to his own room. He’s slept well since 2 am, thankfully.

POSITIVES:
He enjoyed phone calls with two of his sons
In good spirits most of the day
Enjoyed a “linger longer” conversation at the dinner table again last evening