tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post1014696070355491166..comments2023-10-04T23:39:38.874+11:00Comments on posie blogs: i'm grateful for . . . 'allowed to be sad'posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-18476658330787117832011-10-17T06:54:50.679+11:002011-10-17T06:54:50.679+11:00hello, what's new, what's up?hello, what's new, what's up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-73174464798123187112011-10-03T13:10:54.035+11:002011-10-03T13:10:54.035+11:00We just got back from holiday and I read your post...We just got back from holiday and I read your post. I am so sorry for you and your family. Very hard not to have your husband there at this time.<br /><br />Hugs<br /><br />SarahThe Provincial Homemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595525404908754875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-39570937630160361372011-09-30T10:57:49.857+10:002011-09-30T10:57:49.857+10:00I have no idea how I missed this post. So sorry t...I have no idea how I missed this post. So sorry to hear about your mum Jennie...my mum's dad had the same thing so I know exactly what you are all going through, it's so unfair.<br />Big hugs to you :)<br /><br />xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-83260969332644753362011-09-30T09:16:48.252+10:002011-09-30T09:16:48.252+10:00Oh Jennie. I've only just caught up on this p...Oh Jennie. I've only just caught up on this post and I just want to say how terribly sorry I am.<br />My Nanna went through Alzheimers and I know the upset it caused my Dad when she didn't recognise him anymore.<br />Sending lots of hugs your way.<br />XXXStaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090958027924599852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-23321002182598959752011-09-28T01:42:09.383+10:002011-09-28T01:42:09.383+10:00Thank you for putting your real life into words. I...Thank you for putting your real life into words. I've just come to read this post after reading No Big Dill's birth post (her first boy after 5 girls!) and I had tears in my eyes with both. Be sad. It is sad. Hugs from me.Anna Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140909637865426746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-5985594102778361702011-09-27T01:16:46.390+10:002011-09-27T01:16:46.390+10:00My sweet friend I feel your sadness, you’re an ins...My sweet friend I feel your sadness, you’re an inspirational Mother and wife and I admire the love you fill your life with everyday. <br /><br />I know in my heart you will be the blessing your parents saw the first day they saw you, more now in their time of need no matter the distance between you all. <br /><br />I’m a big believer that although we may sometimes forget, you live within the My Beautiful Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143930235979077581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-60966038080248896162011-09-26T21:16:30.258+10:002011-09-26T21:16:30.258+10:00Oh Posie, I'm so sorry to read this post and l...Oh Posie, I'm so sorry to read this post and learn of yours and your family's pain. You are such a ray of light and positivity in the blogging world and it upsets me to think of you going through this tough period. Sending warm thoughts and hugs to you xoAll For Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151973819133926868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-31579197201859202032011-09-26T04:50:16.554+10:002011-09-26T04:50:16.554+10:00Hi Posie,
As someone who knows what it feels like ...Hi Posie,<br />As someone who knows what it feels like when your beloved mother in law/ mum doesn't know you, I can only send you a cyber hug and wish that things were different for you and yours. My husband's mother lives more in another time and place than she does in this one. She has very limited language and lives in a care facility. I miss her wit,caring and intelligent comments on quiltmom annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976120921532056369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-47766675507424037962011-09-25T22:24:12.504+10:002011-09-25T22:24:12.504+10:00I'm so sorry to hear about your Mum's illn...I'm so sorry to hear about your Mum's illness Posie, I can only imagine how hard this is for you and your family. Sounds like you have an awful lot on your plate at the moment. Sending kind thoughts your way xxSamSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637871167233016914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-50056588504255252932011-09-25T19:24:10.127+10:002011-09-25T19:24:10.127+10:00With tears in my eyes I send you a very squeezy hu...With tears in my eyes I send you a very squeezy hug. If I was there we would have a chat then walk around the garden and pick a couple of spring flowers from your garden for you to pop on the bench in a jar or vase and smile at when you walk past them.The Moerkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052384345158012756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-16231621801932708122011-09-25T17:52:50.363+10:002011-09-25T17:52:50.363+10:00Dear Posie,
I have a former boss whose experience ...Dear Posie,<br />I have a former boss whose experience with her Mom who got sick of Alzheimer's made this disease very real to me. I can only hope that with each passing day, some miracle drug will be available to those suffering from this difficult disease. A big hug to you all the way from Manila.<br /><br />Teysupermachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971566837164758854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-44181157780296790962011-09-25T13:58:56.685+10:002011-09-25T13:58:56.685+10:00Ohh Posie. I'm so very sorry. So much love for...Ohh Posie. I'm so very sorry. So much love for you and yours.miss posyhttp://tisallgreektome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-43020973162354849642011-09-25T12:14:00.520+10:002011-09-25T12:14:00.520+10:00Oh Posie, so sorry to hear about your mum and dad....Oh Posie, so sorry to hear about your mum and dad. It is so very hard watching the people we love decline but even harder sometimes for the ones (like your dad) who have to nurse that decline. Hard to believe life can be so cruel sometimes. It sounds to me like you're doing an amazing job at keeping all of your nest (and yourself) on an even keel through a really tough time for everyone. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-44616244190606973042011-09-25T09:35:50.723+10:002011-09-25T09:35:50.723+10:00My wee boy came home one day from preschool and sa...My wee boy came home one day from preschool and said to me: 'It's alright to be sad, Mum.' His teacher had been telling them this, and he put it so simply and clearly and now we often say it. Glad you can share this with your friends here.<br /><br />I need to learn your lesson of stopping outside things to focus on the home, especially next year when second goes to high school and Seana Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14225191303428309442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-5053704235639176562011-09-25T09:26:42.108+10:002011-09-25T09:26:42.108+10:00dear posie, I am so sorry to hear about your mum. ...dear posie, I am so sorry to hear about your mum. <br />Thinking of you<br />Ingrid<br />xoxoingridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345990369180605680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-63043468705829592042011-09-25T04:44:35.697+10:002011-09-25T04:44:35.697+10:00Huge hugs to you Jennie.
What a difficult time fo...Huge hugs to you Jennie. <br />What a difficult time for your Dad to cope with - and you. Much love from all of us.XXXJennie.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216064393228303942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-26272782035930350922011-09-25T00:30:59.069+10:002011-09-25T00:30:59.069+10:00Oh posie you have me in tears I was thinking I too...Oh posie you have me in tears I was thinking I too was having a hard week.....but this is devastating....I'm so so sorry!polkadotpeticoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642636842463149894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-81101131593332601942011-09-24T23:33:50.750+10:002011-09-24T23:33:50.750+10:00Oh Jennie, Certainly is OK to be sad. Sounds like...Oh Jennie, Certainly is OK to be sad. Sounds like you are looking after yourself with easing the load a little this year, but it is still so tough. Thinking of you.<br /><br />emmaemma @ frog, goose and bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269340897364390032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-10931988143395519032011-09-24T22:42:07.274+10:002011-09-24T22:42:07.274+10:00Thank you all so very much for your well wishes &a...Thank you all so very much for your well wishes & personal stories of experience. It does truly life the sadness. Thank you with all my heart, i'm absolutely drained, love Posieposie blogs Jennie McClellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-59892392249547176912011-09-24T21:40:14.018+10:002011-09-24T21:40:14.018+10:00I´m so sorry, I understand what you go through. My...I´m so sorry, I understand what you go through. My grandmother had Alzheimer’s and it especially took hard on my dad and her husband (my grandfather died when I was a baby so she eventually remarried).<br /><br />My dad always was her baby and he couldn´t get over the fact that she didn´t understand who he was when he visited. It was pure pain for him - and for her husband. My mother and I could tinajohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107966080559159842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-75766327919478609642011-09-24T21:37:31.050+10:002011-09-24T21:37:31.050+10:00Oh Jennie. I am so sorry to read this. My heart go...Oh Jennie. I am so sorry to read this. My heart goes out to you, my friend. <br /><br />I watched my grandmother live with Alzheimers in a nursing home for 12 long and depressing years. My grandfather had died about 40 years before so my bachelor uncle (who still lived in the family home) visited her every day until she died, aged 96. <br /><br />Sending you a hug Hobart ♥ tonight. J xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743336097657087832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-55537946483653582172011-09-24T21:12:54.607+10:002011-09-24T21:12:54.607+10:00Oh Jennie, its good to be sad sometimes. I hope th...Oh Jennie, its good to be sad sometimes. I hope that writing it down and sharing somehow helps you process and makes you feel better.<br />sending love and hugs. xxjodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205159281866934702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-21695845549869593672011-09-24T20:37:52.644+10:002011-09-24T20:37:52.644+10:00Oh sweet Posie, such sadness. Thinking of your fa...Oh sweet Posie, such sadness. Thinking of your family right now and your dear parents. <br /><br />Wishing your handsome soldier was close by to comfort your sadness.<br /><br />xoxox<br /><br />Kellie.1000 Homes of Happinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297945290586044001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-52898572231607216142011-09-24T20:05:12.572+10:002011-09-24T20:05:12.572+10:00Big HUgs to you Jenny
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xxxBig HUgs to you Jenny<br />Jo<br />xxxJo in TAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10667075706572056095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-48736022585699129292011-09-24T19:59:54.729+10:002011-09-24T19:59:54.729+10:00Oh Jennie, I'm so sorry I know exactly how you...Oh Jennie, I'm so sorry I know exactly how you feel! Mum said to Dad twice this week 'what's your name' and yesterday she didn't know who I was when I walked in. I walked out again, cried for 5 mins and went back inside. She greeted me like a long lost friend....<br />The hardest thing to do is watch her go away from us so slowly, one brain cell at a time....<br />My tears Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14855448570887064244noreply@blogger.com