Happy Birthday @Hostafan1. Glad you had cake and the staff made a fuss of you.
A client once told me that her very sick mother had died on her 40th birthday which she felt in a strange kind of way was the best birthday present she could have had. Her mother (also one of my clients, a lovely lady) had been enduring a rare, truly horrific disease and was bed bound, unable to talk or move, yet she'd fallen out of bed and died during the birthday party, thus releasing her daughter from the 24 hour care she'd been giving in her home. Her daughter was convinced it was deliberate. It was a truly merciful release for both of them.
On a more cheerful note, as her mother and I had been very keen gardeners and had often walked around her garden discussing both plants and finance at the same time, the daughter gave me a particular penstemon from her mother's garden which I had long admired - Penstemon 'Andenken and Friedrich Hahn', syn 'Garnet'. I still have it and have given away many propagated bits of it, renamed with the name of her mother in remembrance.
OH has had his physio appointment cancelled at short notice and re-arranged for 8 am (!) next Wednesday. Better put the alarm then.
Happy birthday, Hostafan. How lovely to have cake and celebrations of a sort. Father in law’s last birthday was in a hospice, and we had a lovely visit with him and the grandchildren. The staff had decorated a corner of the garden, and made a cake. A super memory. Don’t take it personally if hubby decides to go today. Maybe his way of ensuring you won’t forget his anniversary. A friend's aunt had ordered a birthday cake for my friend, very keen to ensure that she had received and enjoyed it. Passed away very soon after, everyone convinced that she had hung on especially, and felt able to go once her tasks were completed. Do let us know if our comments are getting uncomfortable for you. Sometimes its easy to let off steam with friendly strangers, and some of us have been through similar experiences, but we are all different. Lots of hugs.
@Busy-Lizzie, just caught up with the end of November's thread. Would it be an option for your OH to pay for a private lung scan at the private hospital his consultant works in? Might speed up the process IF the NHS will accept the results.
Such a lovely day with @Dovefromabove/ Mumma Womble.... learning how to knit again to make myself a sofa snuffle blanket. Hearty scrummy soup for lunch and chatted the whole time. The best wrap around scarf knitted by Dove will now not ever be taken off until spring!! @Hostafan1 that's the extra effort that's needed, glad they are giving it so the personal approach finally, sending love and hugs and terrible singing 🌞🤣😉
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A client once told me that her very sick mother had died on her 40th birthday which she felt in a strange kind of way was the best birthday present she could have had. Her mother (also one of my clients, a lovely lady) had been enduring a rare, truly horrific disease and was bed bound, unable to talk or move, yet she'd fallen out of bed and died during the birthday party, thus releasing her daughter from the 24 hour care she'd been giving in her home. Her daughter was convinced it was deliberate. It was a truly merciful release for both of them.
On a more cheerful note, as her mother and I had been very keen gardeners and had often walked around her garden discussing both plants and finance at the same time, the daughter gave me a particular penstemon from her mother's garden which I had long admired - Penstemon 'Andenken and Friedrich Hahn', syn 'Garnet'. I still have it and have given away many propagated bits of it, renamed with the name of her mother in remembrance.
OH has had his physio appointment cancelled at short notice and re-arranged for 8 am
(!) next Wednesday. Better put the alarm then.
Don’t take it personally if hubby decides to go today. Maybe his way of ensuring you won’t forget his anniversary. A friend's aunt had ordered a birthday cake for my friend, very keen to ensure that she had received and enjoyed it. Passed away very soon after, everyone convinced that she had hung on especially, and felt able to go once her tasks were completed.
Do let us know if our comments are getting uncomfortable for you. Sometimes its easy to let off steam with friendly strangers, and some of us have been through similar experiences, but we are all different.
Lots of hugs.
@Ergates there's nothing uncomfortable about any of it , but thank you.
No1 Daughter , SIL and Grandson arrive on Saturday and the Home have put a room together for us all to use when we all visit on Sunday, bless 'em all.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Hearty scrummy soup for lunch and chatted the whole time. The best wrap around scarf knitted by Dove will now not ever be taken off until spring!!
@Hostafan1 that's the extra effort that's needed, glad they are giving it so the personal approach finally, sending love and hugs and terrible singing 🌞🤣😉
Someone knows how to get in Grandad's good books