Our Journey
Thank heaven for little girls Last week I babysat my granddaughters while their dad was in England and their mom busy with her school conferences. My goal as a parent was to always keep my kids busy so they would …
Tag: FTD
MY JOURNEY, Mid-September 2016
Determination, GPS and a few mushrooms I am writing this up in the little cabin that I have rented for two months in Grand Marais, Minn., a wonderful little town on Lake Superior not too far from the Canadian border. …
Tagged with: Canadian border, dead tree, forest, FTD, GPS, Grand Marais, lobster mushroom, mushroom hunters
MY JOURNEY – September 2016
Should I sit by his bed until he dies? Today I got a call from the care center where Barry lies in bed day after day. The nurse only calls when something is wrong. I am up north staying at …
MY JOURNEY – August 2016
Being Happy I can’t get over some of the twists and turns that have occurred along this journey with my husband Barry and his FTD. I am no longer surprised when “serendipity” suddenly appears out of the blue. I remember …
MY JOURNEY – July 2016
Working Anywhere I am up north writing this because I really need some uninterrupted time to concentrate on turning my blog into a memoir. I have this week off between teaching classes and some speaking engagements this summer, so I …
Tagged with: Canadian border, doodle, FTD, Grand Marais, Jay Cooke State Park., Lake Superior, Superior Hiking Trail, Up North
LIVING IN THE PRESENT
For years I have heard the term “living in the present” and never really thought much about it. It sounded a bit New Age to me and I didn’t care much to find out what it exactly means “to be …
OUR JOURNEY – May 2016
Barry nears death, May 2016 Yesterday when the nurse and I got Barry out of bed to adjust his twisted sheets, I was stunned to see how thin and weak he has become. The panicky look on his face as …
