Comments on: Waiting for the Train http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/11/24/waiting-for-the-train/ Business, Marketing, Social Media Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Melissa Donovan http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/11/24/waiting-for-the-train/comment-page-1/#comment-10057 Melissa Donovan Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:41:46 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=219#comment-10057 It's so sad to watch someone you love age like that, especially when they lose track of time and place. My family is coping with it right now and the best you can do is be grateful for each day and remember that when the most painful moment comes, they are going to be with all our other loved ones together. Nothing can make the pain go away completely but it helps a lot to gather and remember and just cry and cry and cry. It’s so sad to watch someone you love age like that, especially when they lose track of time and place. My family is coping with it right now and the best you can do is be grateful for each day and remember that when the most painful moment comes, they are going to be with all our other loved ones together. Nothing can make the pain go away completely but it helps a lot to gather and remember and just cry and cry and cry.

]]> By: Karen Swim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/11/24/waiting-for-the-train/comment-page-1/#comment-10043 Karen Swim Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:15:25 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=219#comment-10043 @Evelyn, I have no doubt that your zest for life will never ever wane. You are so full of wonder and joy and so graciously share it with the world. Even virtually, I see that twinkle in your eye. @Ulla, my heart goes out to you. I can only imagine how difficult that was for you and your family. Personality changes can be a cruel experience especially if you do not immediately realize it is not the person but the illness. Your dad sounds like such a loving man, so it must have been especially tough for you. @Jamie, I was so moved by the post you wrote about your grandmother. I really appreciate your openness and the reminder to live. You are so right we all have "stuff" and we can spend our lives allowing life to happen or we can grab hold and live it. I am only sorry that your grandmother was not able to work through that but I am so thankful that you have not inherited that trait. @Evelyn, I have no doubt that your zest for life will never ever wane. You are so full of wonder and joy and so graciously share it with the world. Even virtually, I see that twinkle in your eye.

@Ulla, my heart goes out to you. I can only imagine how difficult that was for you and your family. Personality changes can be a cruel experience especially if you do not immediately realize it is not the person but the illness. Your dad sounds like such a loving man, so it must have been especially tough for you.

@Jamie, I was so moved by the post you wrote about your grandmother. I really appreciate your openness and the reminder to live. You are so right we all have “stuff” and we can spend our lives allowing life to happen or we can grab hold and live it. I am only sorry that your grandmother was not able to work through that but I am so thankful that you have not inherited that trait.

]]> By: Jamie Grove - How Not To Write http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/11/24/waiting-for-the-train/comment-page-1/#comment-10042 Jamie Grove - How Not To Write Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:02:14 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=219#comment-10042 When my grandmother passed away, I was reminded of how unfair she felt her life had been. And frankly, I think she had a valid complaint... She was born in 1910 and lived through all the major upheavals of the early 20th century. Her husband died at 38 leaving her with three young boys to raise on her own. She worked very hard only to end up having a stroke and spending her last years wondering how God could be so cruel as to let her live through said stroke. (This was her regular complaint until she lost connection with reality). That said, I learned from her that while life can be a very brutal affair it must be lived. And if you are to live life, you should do so with all your heart. If you do not find a way to enjoy life, it will find ways to remind you over-and-over again that it can always be worse. This doesn't address the reality of aging of course, but I think that just as it is with children, the aging of family members must be endured with patience and love. When my grandmother passed away, I was reminded of how unfair she felt her life had been. And frankly, I think she had a valid complaint…

She was born in 1910 and lived through all the major upheavals of the early 20th century. Her husband died at 38 leaving her with three young boys to raise on her own. She worked very hard only to end up having a stroke and spending her last years wondering how God could be so cruel as to let her live through said stroke. (This was her regular complaint until she lost connection with reality).

That said, I learned from her that while life can be a very brutal affair it must be lived. And if you are to live life, you should do so with all your heart. If you do not find a way to enjoy life, it will find ways to remind you over-and-over again that it can always be worse.

This doesn’t address the reality of aging of course, but I think that just as it is with children, the aging of family members must be endured with patience and love.

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