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situation…

04 Friday Oct 2019

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I’ve been going to physio for the last few weeks…

my knee issue was likely caused by a hip displacement situation, as one of my friends would say, lol…

today Val put heat on my hips and ice under my knee while I was waiting to see Michael… I had a lovely relaxing time before he arrived to work on me…

after he did a few checks on my legs and hips, he showed me a few exercises to follow… unless I have further issues I do not need to go back…

watching others come and go I was reminded of how truly lucky I am… as painful as it was, my knee/hip was only an issue for a few weeks… so many are dealing with ongoing problems that will not fix themselves, ever…

I am truly blessed and happy that I can recognize that…

beginnings…

01 Tuesday Oct 2019

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I’ve been thinking of beginnings and endings a lot lately…

a friend recently lost a loved one and it has reminded me of my own story…

the ending of my beloved’s time here was a very difficult matter to deal with…

and I think of the beginning of my new journey and how things have changed in my life…

I am slightly more independent… can even park in the garage with ease, lol… have been able to travel… so many positive changes…

everyday is a new opportunity…

milestone…

30 Monday Sep 2019

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today marked ten years at my current workplace… a lot has happened in those ten years and these people are part of my family…

a big deal to me… and so I had lots of fun preparing for the day…

I wrote notes, distributed flowers, and made a lovely lunch of Thai Shrimp soup along with salad, fresh bread and tarts from La Belle Baguette for dessert…

not every day you can celebrate such a milestone…

it is such fun to walk around and see flowers everywhere;-)…

my beloved would have enjoyed helping me with this special event… I truly am blessed…

ear…

27 Friday Sep 2019

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so this ear looks quite normal, right…

sadly it has been irritated for the last four days and even though I started on drops yesterday morning, it has been very unhappy…

feels like my headset is on all the time and I can’t hear much out of it…

couldn’t swallow yesterday so ended up not eating…

thankfully the medicine has started to work and it is not nearly as painful as it was…

but really, enough…

cane…

21 Saturday Sep 2019

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been thinking a lot of our dear friend Margaret…

she was my parents’ neighbour and our good friend since I was about fifteen…

I remember our Chinese food parties on payday Fridays… my beloved and I would go over and mom and dad would come from next door and we would have a delicious dinner…

she enjoyed the girls when they came along and loved spending time with them…

the cane I am using belonged to her…

I can remember saying to her later in her life “you have to put the cane on the ground, not just carry it”…

lovely memories…

2500…

19 Thursday Sep 2019

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today marks my 2,500th blog post…

seems like an amazing accomplishment for me…

hard to believe that on December 1st, 2012, I started writing this blog so that I could share about the changes to my life and the things I’ve had to do following the death of my beloved…

there was such a learning curve about all the issues I have had to deal with as a widow…

it has morphed into more of a daily journal of my life and what I see around me…

it is also hard to realize that my beloved has been gone for 7 1/2 years – that’s 90 months – 2,751 days… an instant… forever…

although I am truly blessed, I sure do miss him…

slow…

18 Wednesday Sep 2019

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been pondering how life can change in the blink of an eye…

there I was on Saturday, going for a walk, and then suddenly unable to walk…

luckily I am recovering very nicely, but spending five hours in the Emergency Room and having to use crutches for just three days has opened my eyes to difficulties that others face…

I expect a full recovery… I am now using a cane, but just for a short while, as my knee improves… and I’m able to take the time to recover properly…

of course I have to remember to take it slow and steady, lol…

energy…

16 Monday Sep 2019

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simple cup of tea you say… not so much…

wore a small purse to hold my phone, the cup that wasn’t quite empty and the garbage from my lunch…

only used one crutch so I could carry the thermos back… and in the purse I carried sweetener, the empty cup, a can of the milk I use, along with the opener for it…

going to the kitchen, boiling the kettle, gathering the other items and returning to the bedroom takes a huge amount of energy…

but did that first cup of tea ever taste delicious;-)…

amazing what you can figure out when needed, lol…

although I still need someone to come and deal with the spider in the bathtub…

share…

10 Tuesday Sep 2019

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so… all summer I woke up in the morning and the light from outside was enough to start my day…

now I am talking to Google so she can turn on the lights, advise the temperature in the house, share information about the weather and the drive to work…

as I leave the house I have to remember to tell her I am out of here so she turns everything off, or down, for the day…

feels too soon to be back into this practice…

bannister…

23 Friday Aug 2019

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Monday I considered turning on the bedroom light when I first got up…

there is less light every day, sigh… this is always one of the sadder happenings mid August…

at night I am now turning on the lights that run along the bannister on the stairs… those lights haven’t been on for months…

time is flying by more and more quickly…

although later in the evening I did enjoy spending a few minutes at the window as I was going downstairs to watch the solar lights start twinkling on… arrived at just the right moment;-)…

have to celebrate the little things…