Roll Call
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I need 2020s parenting hacks for children of the 60s/70s. Ugh.
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@HoraceZontal Youngster.
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Well we had a fun week here. Bad storms for several days in a row. The wind was really bad on the last one and snapped a power line. No power for 15 hours. Then after that, one of the pipes in the utility room starts SPRAYING badly out of a leak. No running water for a day.
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My mom fell again and fractured humerus x2, dislocated shoulder, fractured spine, broke 2 ribs and pelvis. Trying to coordinate hospice care for her to return home but this is near the end. Its ok. 84 mostly good years. Shes lost a lot of weight and her mind has left the station. My advice, hug your loved ones while youre healthy and enumerate the little ways in which you love them to them. It gets hard to do this later on.
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I'm so sorry for what you're all going through . Hang in there friend.
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My brother is a physical therapist at this hospital. He has helped me take a practical view of mortality. Life is about quality not quantity for me. Every moment has its own potential for greatness.
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@approxinfinity said in Roll Call:
My advice, hug your loved ones while youre healthy and enumerate the little ways in which you love them to them. It gets hard to do this later on.
Amen brother. You never know how long anyone has. Always let people know you care.
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Ah, so sorry @approxinfinity awful news.
Yep, sounds eerily familiar. Best to you and your family. not easy.
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@rockchalkjayhawk downsize downsize downsize! In the end i want the sum of my material belongings to be lighter than air, at least the ones no one else wants.
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@approxinfinity said in Roll Call:
@rockchalkjayhawk downsize downsize downsize! In the end i want the sum of my material belongings to be lighter than air, at least the ones no one else wants.
So funny you’d say that about downsizing! I’m in that mode now.
Sadly It all started after mom passed away. We started by donating a zillion boxes of her stuff to Goodwill. Then we decided to paint the inside of our house. You know how that turns into chaos with stuff everywhere in giant piles.
Time to downsize! We realized (or I did) that we had two massive bookshelves just collecting dust. GONE! The books and shelves. I read on a Kindle now anyway.
Anyway, a work in progress, but it’s a very good feeling to declutter, and to donate to those who need these things more than I do.
