Open for me the gates where the righteous enter,
and I will go in and thank the LORD.
These gates lead to the presence of the LORD,
and the godly enter there.
I thank you for answering my prayer
and giving me victory. . . .
Give thanks to the LORD,
for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
- Love going to church today in a few hours. So does DH. We bring our lunch and eat together after the worship service. Then we have a counseling class. DH listens while I take notes. I will be finishing up a counseling degree in the next several years. My current paper will be on "Dying Well".
- We are not going to be camping with that group. A call was made to say we weren't accepted. Both DH and I are at peace with this (although DH might be hurt). We still can camp with Sally and Jake. Sally and Jake are still in the group, but Sally speculates that it is because this group didn't want another person with Alzheimer's.
- By book is now an eBook on Barnes and Noble. Go to bn.com and purchase at $7.69 for your iPad, computer or Nook. Just type in "Getting Off the Niceness Treadmill", the name of the book.
- I went to a Christian Writer's Conference all day in Orlando Saturday, November 19th. Thanks to Sally and Jake for taking DH to lunch while I was gone. DH is able to stay home by himself, but that sure was wonderful that they thought of this. Sally and I are thinking about introducing our husbands to senior day care, which might work if they go together. These men always have so much fun together. Sally increasingly has to be with Jake and this may help if our husbands can both hang out at a senior day care; they love telling each other the same things over and over.
- Obsessing. DH now obsesses about that camping group. Jake obsesses about not being able to drive and DH made the mistake of driving when the four of us were together recently. Sally told me later, that it really didn't matter. Jake obsesses about how unfair it is that as a man he can no longer drive. DH often comments on Jake and genuinely cares for him.
- DH genuinely cares for me. I love him also.
- I have a week off--no subsituting the week of Thanksgiving. We will be with some of DH's extended family on Thanksgiving. I have a week off to de-clutter, clean. and decorate for Christmas.
- Most of my Christmas shopping is done. My creative gift this year for birthdays/Christmas is not a quilt like the last two years. This year it is Scripture highlights I have been working on each day. These highlights are printed in a binder for selected people. One family member didn't want it because he said it is "too preachy"--so he is getting an iTunes gift card. Other family members are excited about a binder of Scripture highlights. This is not necessarily a cheap gift for our budget, as I have had to buy additional printing cartridges, binders and mail the binders. The binder shows my excitement for God's word and how it sustains me each day.
that idea of the binder with scripture highlights is great!
ReplyDeleteYour creative gifting sounds so personal and sweet....sure wish I had some shopping done.
ReplyDeleteWhat a blessing that the two men enjoy each others company....friendships are so wonderful.
You have a lot going on, and it sounds like everything is going well. I pray it continues for a long time.
Players and hugs and happy thanksgiving.
Have you ever blogged about how you respond to your husband's obsessions? I would be interested in knowing. The highlight of Scripture is a wonderful idea. Do you think it would be less expensive to have Staples copy them and put into a book form? It cost me approximately $6 a book. They put a spiral binder on it and plastic over the cover. I hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteThey say you cannot argue with an Alzheimer's patient and so you basically just have to go along with the obsession. You have to treat it as most important and not dismiss it. Then I have found with DH that his obsession goes away and he gradually forgets about it.
ReplyDeleteFeelings more than memories are remembered by Alzheimer's patients and so I guess that is why I wrote that DH was upset we weren't accepted into that camping group. I could care less at this point and wonder how long we will be able to go camping. Currently we have only one camping trip planned at this point.
Congratulations on the Christmas shopping! I have about half completed. I now need to take Mum shopping to choose things she wants to give to people. I hope to put up my tree at the weekend.
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