JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
How ‘bout Mrs. Raccoon?Can't say I have ever felt the earth move
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Mr Ferret 75
Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
A gentleman never tells.
Goofyernmost
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I think that tells it all! However, Mr. Racoon the appropriate response would be.... I've heard no complaints!
SteveBrickNJ
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Aaron Rodgers on possibility of Packers QB switch: 'I'll approach that with an open mind'
Could Jordan Love finish out the season as the Packers' starting QB?
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MinnieM123
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I'm so sorry, but my 60 cents, U.S. postage stamp, will not deliver your card overseas.
However, I did find a Disney Christmas card online, so here is your electronic, consolation greeting card..
I wouldn't mind seeing what Jordan Love has. We aren't making the playoffs, so why not? He looked really good in limited action last week after Rodgers got hurt. Do I think Rodgers plays until they're mathematically eliminated from the playoffs? Absolutely.@PUSH
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Aaron Rodgers on possibility of Packers QB switch: 'I'll approach that with an open mind'
Could Jordan Love finish out the season as the Packers' starting QB?
Going forward, though, there isn't much of an option of going to Love unless Rodgers retires, which I don't think he will. The reason they can't really go to Love is because of Rodgers' cap number. He's set to count $50 against the salary cap next year. If he retires, they can work through it with lesser cap hits, but it will still be a large number against the cap. Trading him will be hard, because who wants to pick up his salary?
That being said, if Love does end up playing and looks really good... they could find a way to bring back Love and deal with Rodgers' cap hit. If they think Love is their future QB for 10-15 years, they will find any way to take that. You don't just get rid of a guy like that.
Mr Ferret 75
Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
I'm so sorry, but my 60 cents, U.S. postage stamp, will not deliver your card overseas.
However, I did find a Disney Christmas card online, so here is your electronic, consolation greeting card..
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JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
As some of you know, I have been heavily involved in looking after my beautiful Auntie since the day we got back from our summer long Odyssey.
She was transported to hospice this morning. Family will still be with her 24/7, but she is now in a remarkable facility where she is being cared for in the most competent, caring manner imaginable.
I am sad as the end is near, but feeling so blessed to know that her suffering is almost over. God is good, my friends. Always.
The view from her window.
Afternoon tea and tarts.
She was transported to hospice this morning. Family will still be with her 24/7, but she is now in a remarkable facility where she is being cared for in the most competent, caring manner imaginable.
I am sad as the end is near, but feeling so blessed to know that her suffering is almost over. God is good, my friends. Always.
The view from her window.
Afternoon tea and tarts.
Mr Ferret 75
Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
I am sorry to hear this, but it sounds like she's getting some really good care while still being able to be with her family.
ajrwdwgirl
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Hospice workers are angels on earth. A year ago last week, my mom passed in their tender care.
May your beloved Auntie have an easy time during her hospice stay.
MinnieM123
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Jennifer, sorry to hear this. (At least the hospice facility looks lovely, and I like the nice tea and pastry snack they provided.) You've done all you can to assist her with love and dignity while she was at home, and now this is the best place for her.) Take care.
NYwdwfan
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So sorry for your loss - it's never easy no matter what time has passed.
NYwdwfan
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Happy National mutt day everyone!
Goofyernmost
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You have hit upon something that has bothered me for years. My mother's last birthday party was attended by some of the home visiting hospice people. They did a wonderful job of making her physically comfortable, but there was a part of it that was completely embarrassing for her. Her 86th birthday was somewhat clouded by the fact that she knew she was dying, her mind was sharp up to the end which came less than a month later. She had a slow process of dying from Pulmonary Fibrosis. My upset and hers what that she was basically forced to put on a stupid party hat that was painfully obvious was something she didn't want to do. She was always a very vain person when it came to her appearance.
After the hospice people left she grabbed the hat and threw it across the room saying get rid of that stupid thing. She was weak from the illness, had lost her ability to be independent, her good looks had faded away and she was upset about that and then, even though the intention was not to humiliate, managed to do just that. To take away her final amount of dignity that she had left. She had even, in spite of the difficulty, manage to get dressed nicely and get herself to her chair in the living room with her oxygen tubing trailing along behind her. Hell, she even insisted on having a hairdresser come in and do her hair and darken the gray roots the day before she died. I felt her pain but could do nothing about it at the time. I did, however, tell my children that if they ever allowed that to happen to me, I would haunt them forever. Well not everything, I hardly have any roots left much less gray ones.
That is something that I see happen way to often when it comes to aging people. The well intentioned people trying to force the elderly to be young when they are sick and are facing the end. That last thing they need is a festive party hat. What they deserve is dignity and warmth. That also hit me back when I owned my Residential Care Home. I saw the awful reality of how people died. To think about how someone lived their life, many experiencing many important and useful things, that died while on a toilet with their pants around their ankles. It is a mind boggling injustice in my mind, but nonetheless a common thing. So while someone is alive, please treat them with the dignity that they earned in their lives and not make it a circus in an attempt to tell terminal people that it is a happy time. It's not happy for anyone that cares about them and it certainly isn't a joyous time for those that know the end is near and are many times helpless in expressing the pride they once had in life.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer here this morning, but believe me it is a scary thing to get older especially when you start to lose physical abilities that once were just second nature. It doesn't have to be a sullen time, but just one that allows them to still hold their heads up high and leave with a sense of accomplishment and dignity. Again, sorry! I just had an overwhelming need to express that.
Disclaimer: There may be some of the elderly that would be ok with that, however it is important to know what each individual person finds appropriate for themselves.
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Mr Ferret 75
Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
You have better self control than me. Christmas is over according to mine.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Auntie is in the hospice building, where the average stay is measured in hours to days. The occasional patient rallies under their excellent care and actually lasts a week or two, but essentially it’s the place you go to pass in comfort … so there will be no parties, no hats.
It’s a 10 bed facility - with a waiting list, so it’s always full, and three beds opened up yesterday, if you catch my drift.