It’s about time I stay a little more to the point and the general theme of this blog. This blog is about one unique experience of being a caregiver. The following post is important to share because it talks about burnout which I’ve seen, I’ve experienced, and am constantly recovering from and sinking back into…
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A Piece of Creative writing.
I haven’t shared entries with Babu is a long time. It felt really good to do so today. Here is a piece of Creative Writing from Babu!! LOVE IT!!! Thursday, September 6th, 1934 One should be more quiet and more or less submissive on the day of confession, but to us that means comparatively little….
Autumn 1934
There’s condensation on the cars and a chill in the morning air today. And I think I may have seen some autumn colors at the side of the highway. The last of the blueberries are off of the bush but the tomatoes are going wild and the pumpkin vines are running away with themselves. The…
Balance…ahhhh…
We went on vacation. For a WEEK. And it was hard. For the past few years we have done this dance where we himmm and haaawww about making reservations and when we finally decide on it, Adam will start saying not to count on it, it could change at any time. We fight and freak…
Mornings
Our morning: Dash out – forgot to pick up prescription. Lay em’ all out! My nemesis. I sure there is something in here about heroin use, drought, and Trump – all things I’ll have to talk her down, away, up from. Must fluff and flip the pillows before each time sitting down. An unflattering pic…
Last half of August, 1934 Excerpts
What a difference “two weeks” makes: Saturday, August 18th, 1934 We started for home at quarter after three and got here at 6:30. I’m so excited I can’t eat. Saw a Caveman and Penny. But Caveman as usual was silent. Jeanette wrote me a letter but gave the wrong address and it came back so…
The Last Half of August, 1934
She makes it home and she is glad!! However, Jeanette greets her with a letter that never got to Babu while she was in camp. It reveals that Drobey has found another girl. Babu seems less upset by that and more upset by the fact that, at first, he wont speak to her when she…
Beginning of August, 1934 Excerpts
She might seem like a wallflower fading into a corner…. Sunday, August 5th, 1934 Went to church again. They must think I’m a regular member. I like Sunday cause we always have company and it isn’t dull. But gee! I was sure I’d go home Saturday and I’m not so it seems. Adele said they…
The Beginning of August, 1934
For the first eight days of August she is home sick. She expects to be leaving the first Saturday and is not and states: “Honestly I feel terrible.” And: “If I don’t have something to do here I’ll go screwy.” So she paints her nails and goes to church and plays horse shoes and goes…
The End of July, 1934, Excerpts
She kinda breaks my heart with this: Wednesday July 18th, 1934 I borrowed a suitcase from Mrs. Gurka cause ours is old-fashioned. Hers is a brown one and quite large. I know I’ll be lonesome up there but I can’t turn back. This whole day through I was as if someone drugged me. It seemed…
“Believe Me, Nothing is Trivial.”
I wrote a post about hearing a story from Babu that she has talked about, and I have written about, many times. After a post about how many times I’ve heard it, comment from fellow blogger got me thinking. She said: “Just because you’ve heard them once doesn’t mean you don’t need to hear them…
End of July, 1934
The end of July had Babu feeling secluded and trapped, and slowly, she began to feel less that way. She decided to go to camp, and left with out saying goodbye to Caveman. It seems purposeful as she is angry at him for a slight and the next day is near him and doesn’t say…
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