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Post by JC on Apr 8, 2012 9:02:55 GMT -5
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Post by JC on Apr 8, 2012 9:03:14 GMT -5
Anyone have plans today?
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Post by loveshoes on Apr 8, 2012 9:56:13 GMT -5
Happy Easter! We were invited out so doing that. FYI - Boston Market has GF poultry gravy, you can buy it in a family size container so I'll be stopping off to get some gravy, thought this might be helpful to others looking for any endo friendly GF gravy!
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Post by JC on Apr 8, 2012 10:24:18 GMT -5
Wow that's good to know for other holidays when I go to dinner with family. I miss Easter Egg hunts when I was a kid. My mom and dad, uh I mean, the Easter bunny would put eggs all over the inside of the house and in the yard and we used to run like crazy trying to get as many as we could. I LOVED waking up to see all the colorful eggs in the yard. It was so exciting. Aw I miss those days!
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Post by painttheseconds on Apr 8, 2012 10:59:42 GMT -5
Happy Easter. I'm going to a friends house for dinner this afternoon.
I miss waking up Easter morning and finding my Easter basket outside my front door. I used to get dressed up when I was little and go to Church with my parents. I never thought I would say it but I miss those days. It was one of the few days where I felt like we were a family.
Hope you all enjoy the day!
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Post by JC on Apr 8, 2012 11:57:23 GMT -5
I totally get what you're saying Nicolle. I'm also remembering the times back when my parents were married and life seemed perfect. Easter is one of those holidays we enjoyed together. I guess we can find new ways to celebrate! Like our new family here! Love you girls!
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Post by hellsbells on Apr 8, 2012 13:00:33 GMT -5
Easter could quite happily pass me by these days. I've had a lovely day with my mum, step dad and brother though. I loved Easter as a child.
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Post by semicolon on Apr 8, 2012 18:55:38 GMT -5
We had a nice day with my family, Easter is the most low key of all the holidays for both families which is nice.
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Post by painttheseconds on Apr 9, 2012 0:34:48 GMT -5
It was a good day. Had Easter Dinner with some new friends and called my parents when I got home. That helped. I used to have all this resentment and huge issues with my parents. Just grateful I can finally accept them for the people they are. Doesn't mean they don't drive me crazy sometimes lol but as a family we've come a long way.
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Post by JC on Apr 9, 2012 6:19:58 GMT -5
AW that's awesome! I'm glad it was a nice Easter! And it really seems like you have some awesome parents. It's hard to forgive them when stuff has happened in the past but once you do you come to really love and understand each other even more.
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Post by 1234 on Apr 9, 2012 7:58:39 GMT -5
My Easter was a bit bumming. I was home, helping my dad (he's a preacher) with Easter and visiting some folks in the congregation who can't get out any more to give them communion. But the part that really got me down is my grandmother. I haven't seen her in a month, but 4 weeks ago her mind was still completely in tact. She turns 90 in September, has been very very very ill for years, but her mind has always been there. I don't know if she had a mini stroke or what, but she is bitter, depressed, and confused. She's also pretty angry at everyone around her. She perked up some with me, but still couldn't keep lots of things straight and wasn't thinking clearly, and said lots of pretty awful things to me. I know it's not really her talking, but it was tough. I've been prepared for her to die for the last decade, and she's defied doctors that long, but to have her mind go all of a sudden like this is really jarring for me.
The one redeeming part, though, is she reached over in the night and held my hand, all night long. (for those of you who don't know, my grandmother and I shared a room, and bed, since she moved in with us when I was 8).
However, the children's choir I was leading managed to pull out their songs ok and no one pee'd themselves or anything (always a danger with little kids in front of a church).
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Post by JC on Apr 9, 2012 16:01:15 GMT -5
Aw I'm sorry about your Grandma! Is this a situation where she would seek medical attention or is she on some type of hospice? That kind of rapid decline isn't normal at all. Dementia takes years to manifest and 1 month is an extremely short amount of time. A stroke or brain hemorrhage could definitely cause those symptoms. If she started any new medications then that could have done it too. That's a very sweet story of her holding your hand. You sound like you are very close to her.
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Post by Karen on Apr 9, 2012 17:23:10 GMT -5
Aw, I'm sorry your Grandma was in that state of mind. But, I'm glad she reached out to you. I'm sure it meant a lot, and I'm sure it was her way of reaching through the fog to remind you how much she loves you. Those are the little things that you have to hold onto.
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Post by MustangGtGirl on Apr 9, 2012 17:37:29 GMT -5
i am so sorry about your Grandmother. Her reaching for you was her way of letting you know she knows who you are and loves you. Always remember that she loves you.
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Post by loveshoes on Apr 9, 2012 19:45:14 GMT -5
I'm sorry to hear that - it gets tough as they age, I went thru the same thing with my Grandma and held her hand in the nursing home as she passed - it was very difficult.
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