tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111908578786133382.post8770071338280928307..comments2024-01-11T23:55:40.302-08:00Comments on Alzheimer's Canyon: Jane: Respite in the Age of Coronavirus #2Jane and Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10734376990598714240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111908578786133382.post-40786249553939383202020-04-21T08:19:17.617-07:002020-04-21T08:19:17.617-07:00You are all in our thoughts. I hope Sky doesn'...You are all in our thoughts. I hope Sky doesn't mind late birthday wishes through the ether.Suzettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564698799604216841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111908578786133382.post-44502286574542379272020-04-20T10:34:44.376-07:002020-04-20T10:34:44.376-07:00I had an old Harrowsmith magazine lovingly saved f...I had an old Harrowsmith magazine lovingly saved from the 80's and was so curious how your lives had unspooled. Google search took me to your writing and I was amazed how you had re-formed your life over and over while fear had kept me so close to the sidewalk.There is not one word that encompasses the courage,sadness,envy and joy your story evokes in me. As OB nurse who moved to nursing home care my heart breaks for hearing of Sky's decline and knowing how impossible it would be to care for him at the camp. I am glad you are safe and surrounded by love and nature. Reading your journey has made this mess of disability, lock down, exhaustion a bit less lonely. Thank you.Integrityinallthings.blog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04920461482410374100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111908578786133382.post-56613066850954341972020-04-14T22:02:12.699-07:002020-04-14T22:02:12.699-07:00Hi Jane. When I read your February post, I found ...Hi Jane. When I read your February post, I found myself thinking about respite, about you being able to recharge, about how hard it was for me to take that step with my mother. But time got away from me, I was traveling and away from internet, I missed your March post, and now I have caught up March and April, and the world has changed.<br /><br />I will think of Sky on Saturday and send him 70th birthday wishes through the ether. And I am thinking of you. It sounds like he is doing alright where he is ... maybe not always great but maybe no worse. Thank goodness he likes it there, so (I hope) you don't have to be tormented with worry or guilt. And hopefully you are getting some sleep ... and maybe even doing some sewing, and maybe just equilibrating.<br /><br />I think it's amazing and beautiful that he calls you, that he knows who you are ... even when you are not right there in front of him, he has you that deep in his mind ... and in his heart ... deeper than the plaques and tangles can go.<br /><br />The corona virus makes this an especially strange time. But Alzheimer's takes such a strange path that the world with covid-19 probably hardly seems any stranger.<br /><br />Thinking of you, imagining your camp where you can see the lake and the mountains, glad you are with your son and GF. I have so admired both of you throughout this journey, and still do, for the love, courage, compassion, and sharing of this strange road ... with some terrain that is oh so familiar, and some very different. Love to you both. Dorothy Mammenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18354994723803239318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111908578786133382.post-2772627490177687272020-04-14T20:42:56.199-07:002020-04-14T20:42:56.199-07:00Oh Jane, what a mix of feelings I have after readi...Oh Jane, what a mix of feelings I have after reading this. Glad for you that you're in a beautiful place with family, sad for Sky and your relationship, glad that you're (apparently) finally getting some sleep, sad that Sky is getting worse. So many feels. I'll try to remember to send Sky some birthday wishes on Saturday, as I'm sure you will too.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10800774062894760828noreply@blogger.com