Re: 's Birthday Note, 2012

[Guest guest]

Hi .. glad to read about your challenges and all that is going on in your

life.

>

> It is a very sad birthday for me. My Mom arrived in a personal care home

> last week with a terminal diagnosis of stage 4 cancer of the lungs,

> shoulder, adrenal and spine. After the initial surprise, the events of the

> last six months fit with what I know about the disease. My Mom is receiving

> hospice care, and the exhaustion of the last few months seems more related

> to the illness than just a bout of depression.

>

> My son has grown a lot this year. Letting him decide who he wants to see has

> worked better than the previous years, and he did ok at school, with

> improvements in this grades and his socialization. He helped with my Mom,

> giving me another confirming view on the dementia and delusional behavior

> that and I had noticed with my Mom.

>

> My job had its challenges this year. The manager I worked for for the last 3

> years went on a long vacation, and during his absence I switched to a

> different manager and role within the product support group. I'm working

> through the adjustment.

>

> Home has been a great strength and blessing. and I have enjoyed

> being parents and partners. invited me to a class play, and a fair

> (in conjunction with reading Charlotte's Web) where I got to play the part

> of an origami clown. I hope I'm more helpful doing chores at home this year.

>

>

> Eliza remains a treasure. She learned how to walk last September, and hasn't

> stopped. She is stringing a couple of words together and hears everything.

>

> ��

>

> Best,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You, and I are always in touch but I want to welcome you back to ASPIRES.

Well, you never left, but ...

Again, I'm so sorry about your mom. In so many other ways you have accomplished

so much over the years and it is a shame that the current crisis with your mom's

care (which is greatly complicated in ways that I won't discuss here unless you

want to) is overshadowing everything in your life.

To all, is the ASPIRES Yahoo discussion group tech whiz, the " silent

partner " of the ASPIRES " management. "

, we hope that eventually you will be able to participate in the

discussions here again.

- Helen

>

> It is a very sad birthday for me. My Mom arrived in a personal care home

> last week with a terminal diagnosis of stage 4 cancer of the lungs,

> shoulder, adrenal and spine. After the initial surprise, the events of the

> last six months fit with what I know about the disease. My Mom is receiving

> hospice care, and the exhaustion of the last few months seems more related

> to the illness than just a bout of depression.

>

> My son has grown a lot this year. Letting him decide who he wants to see has

> worked better than the previous years, and he did ok at school, with

> improvements in this grades and his socialization. He helped with my Mom,

> giving me another confirming view on the dementia and delusional behavior

> that and I had noticed with my Mom.

>

> My job had its challenges this year. The manager I worked for for the last 3

> years went on a long vacation, and during his absence I switched to a

> different manager and role within the product support group. I'm working

> through the adjustment.

>

> Home has been a great strength and blessing. and I have enjoyed

> being parents and partners. invited me to a class play, and a fair

> (in conjunction with reading Charlotte's Web) where I got to play the part

> of an origami clown. I hope I'm more helpful doing chores at home this year.

>

>

> Eliza remains a treasure. She learned how to walk last September, and hasn't

> stopped. She is stringing a couple of words together and hears everything.

>

> ¡¡

>

> Best,

>

>

>