It’s begun. I suppose I knew all along that it would, but is anyone really prepared? Oh well, here we go, this week’s Friday Five.
- When I married Jack, he was 49, and I was 29. He was full of life and planned so much for us to do together.
- We ran 10k road races, we sailed the ocean blue, we climbed Mount Washington, and we traveled and saw so much of England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, and France, and all seemed right in our world. Newlyweds. We laughed, we smiled, and life was very good.
- Jack flew out the remaining years of his career as a pilot, first with Pan Am and the last with Delta. We traveled everywhere and saw so much.
- When Jack retired, we moved back to New Hampshire. We built a lovely home which we have lived in since 1999.
- The slowdown came faster than I thought. He became an expert napper, and, little by little, he just stopped doing things. In the last 12 years, he occasionally fainted. Recently it has been a true passing out. The recovery comes much slower, and there are times it takes a while for him to be fully awake. He has had 3 of these in the last nine days. He is not eating or drinking much. And as much as the doctors want him to be in the hospital, he refuses to go.
- + So here we are. Getting close to the end. I never thought it would go by this fast.
I really feel for you Maribeth and it sends my wondering about how much my partner sleeps during the day. Stay strong, but no one would blame you for not doing so.
You both are in my prayers. God is with you and in him you can do all things, so be strong my friend.
Sending hugs with a heavy heart~~linda & larry from DE
I am sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Oh Mariebeth, I am with all my heart with you, you lived now that what I lived the last 5 years until the fatal May 29, last year. Only a person who went through this can understand ! I don’t know myself anymore, I changed and it is one year later !