A bit better
So today mom ate 6 bites of food, peed 2 times, and finally had a bowel movement. She still can barely walk and as you can see from this video, is looking pretty bad. Sheis still aware of...
View ArticleKidney Failure
So since my mother's and my birthday, things have taken a downward spiral with us guessing and trying to sort out our emotions, problems, health issues. We have become medical detectives trying to...
View ArticleI believe we have little time left
I was at my moms tonight until pretty late. She was very restless around 12 until 12:45.. She finally fell asleep and I left around 1:20. Boy what a horrible process it is to see someone that you...
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My mom's writings
I came across these the other day and I wanted to share them. My mother was an amazing story teller and an amazing writer. Here are some of her poems.1980Poetry is the verse of all timeIt eases the...
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Unappreciated
I must say that today I am feeling a bit upset. I am so tired of hearing everyone say how bad my father has it and how tough it must be on him. Why the pity?? Why does everyone forget just how awful...
View Articleany ideas
A lot of people have been asking for an update on my mother and so I decided I should write in my blog. We are totally and completely confused by my mother. She became basically unresponsive and...
View ArticleWhere have I been...
So sorry not to blog in such a long long time. I would not thought it possible to become busier than I have in the past but it has happened. The difference is that I am busy for myself and not for...
View ArticleIT is happening too fast
ESo things have progressed rather quickly once again. I am so sorry that I am not blogging. between my mother, my children, and my new job, I am having much less time on the computer and much more time...
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Article 14
What words can I type to express my sadness over this...distraught, worried, beside myself, hysterical troubled, worried, upset,flustered, concerned unhappy bothered, anguished tormented, suffered,...
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Mom is dying
Hospice has been called in now that mom is in and out of our world. SHe still can talk occasionally and has retained her memory. We are blessed that she has not forgotten her sense of humor, her...
View ArticleStill up and thinking
So it is time for me to go to bed and yet I am still up. I just finished my vocational evaluation on a client and was interrupted a few times by my daughter. She was so silly and cute asking questions...
View ArticleTori leaves
It is less then three hours before my best friend will leave and I wish there was more time. Not only was it extremely uplifting to have her here, but our children got along better than I ever...
View ArticleThe Long Goodbye
My father made the statement tonight that this is called the long goodbye and it struck me as such a simple and profound way to describe what is happening to my mother and us. Watching someone die is...
View ArticleAt peace
Well our adventure with alzheimer's is officially over. Mom went to be with the Lord today at 12:33 am. I must say that I was pretty prepared or as prepared as one can be. I hope never to experience...
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Audrey Marie Ducharme
Mom's EulogyFirst I say thank you to all of us for the loving care we gave mom.We all went beyond the call of duty.Kevin’s dedication to keeping mom engaged with laughter helped give mom the fullness...
View ArticleLove
I have been blessed with such amazing friends that have helped me with dinner this entire week-strange that I have no desire to eat, a similar feeling shared by my father and brother. It has been...
View Articlemissing
it has been a strange few weeks...to think that this Friday marks three weeks since my mother has passed. It is so indescribably so utterly difficult to explain the loss of someone you love. There are...
View ArticleI miss her
It has been awhile since I wrote and there has been so many amazing events and disatrous events. I happened to look upon this blog as I was planning my Christmas cards. I could not remember who I used...
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Did you think I left..My posts are fewer and fewer lately, but that is because I am busy planning our first fundraiser. I am actually planning a benefit and ironically, 100% of everything goes to...
View ArticleSo hard
So I have disappeared for some time and for that I am sorry. I had no words to really describe what I was going through because it was mostly an inward thing. I am so bad about sharing my feelings...
View ArticleThings the grieving should never say but I am
Life goes on and we constantly adjust to the monotonous life without my mother's presence. I have no idea how people can say that it gets easier as time goes on. That seems such a lie and I cannot...
View ArticleClarification
I feel as I should explain a few things to put my blog in perspective. As a litte girl, I constantly wrote in my diary and that continued as an adult. The one thing my mother used to tell me is that...
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how apropos-When I thought of this title to this blog, never would I have envisioned the double entendre that it would represent. It was only today as I talked with my brother that I realized...
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