Valentine's Day is over. I got through it okay. If no-one reaches out to me I reach out to others. It does not matter who starts a thread or makes the first phone call, the results are the same. That is something I learned through Ray's journey through strokes and dementia and the same applies to my journey through widowhood.
Today is a wet day and so I have been alone all day. I am not in a mood to do anything so watched a couple of movies I had been saving for a wet day. I watched "Tuesdays with Morrie" this afternoon concentrating on the character of Morrie ably played by Jack Lemmon. There are lessons there for all of us who have looked after someone with a long term illness. I thought how sad it was though that our spouses succumbed to Alzheimers/Dementia so their wisdom was lost. How I would have loved to have listened to some of Ray's stories in those last five years but alas they were only half-remembered or forgotten all together.
I am still just wandering through life. I wish I had some goals, something new to learn, something good to look forward to. I am planning to go and see my son out west in April but somehow that seems a long way away. I am sure the time will fly though as it always does.
Feeling a bit sad today, maybe Valentine's Day backlash. Hope everyone else is over it and has something nice planned for the weekend (weather permitting).
Today is a wet day and so I have been alone all day. I am not in a mood to do anything so watched a couple of movies I had been saving for a wet day. I watched "Tuesdays with Morrie" this afternoon concentrating on the character of Morrie ably played by Jack Lemmon. There are lessons there for all of us who have looked after someone with a long term illness. I thought how sad it was though that our spouses succumbed to Alzheimers/Dementia so their wisdom was lost. How I would have loved to have listened to some of Ray's stories in those last five years but alas they were only half-remembered or forgotten all together.
I am still just wandering through life. I wish I had some goals, something new to learn, something good to look forward to. I am planning to go and see my son out west in April but somehow that seems a long way away. I am sure the time will fly though as it always does.
Feeling a bit sad today, maybe Valentine's Day backlash. Hope everyone else is over it and has something nice planned for the weekend (weather permitting).