Living With Bob and "Al"

Happy Valentines Day to everyone. This is a day Sheri has preferred to skip for many, many years. It is not that she needs flowers and candy, it is more about all the losses it represents and this year seems especially painful.
Sheri would like to thank Carol Bradley Bursack for including her poem in her article on Celebrating Love: Dementia Caregivers Speak Up  on her Web site Minding Our Elders a Web site that deals with all kinds of Caregiver issues. Sheri has referred to it many times. Thanks again Carol. Click into the links to see the article :)

Living with Bob and "Al"

Sheri was so very happy to have her Father and her Brother with her for the wedding, the fact THAT THE MORNING OF THE WEDDING, she discovered her dear sweet cat (not today) had shredded the front of her dress beyond repair, did not rob her joy. Sheri without hesitation (well maybe a minutes worth) hastily cut off the attached over part of the dress and wore it over what they always say a girl should have ... a little black dress. :)

Living with Bob and "Al"

Sheri was reading an article on the different types of grief, when she realized that according to reasons people grieve, the reality is many people (whether aware of it or not)  are probably in  some state of grief all the time. This was a great reminder for Sheri as she peeks in at her daily life with Bob and "Al". What came to mind was that we are all here for a purpose, we all have a journey. Caring for one another, celebrating with one another, weeping with one another and praying for one another, is really the purpose of our life's journey. This story that she tells is just hers, no better or no worse than anyone else.
2nd Peter 1:5-7

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 

6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 

7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.