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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Musings from Memphis
Today has been hard. We, my husband and I, visited his 82 yo aunt who is in the hospital. She has congestive heart failure and is really sick. We had to call her daughters to come home from their home on each coast and see her. She will love seeing them and will hopefully rally. Being there brings up all kinds of feelings about end of life issues. It's so important to work those out ahead of time so as not to have a time that needs to remain calm and comfortable become fraught with anxiety. Plan ahead people. We are all going to die so plan how you want to do it--if given the opportunity---before the decision is given to others. Have a living will and other directives in place. Be willing to use the resources available in hospitals, like palliative care. They know the ropes and can make issues that arise become easier to manage.
That being difficult the rest of the day has been great, beautiful here in Memphis. If you've never visited here, well, you should. Especially when it's yucky other places. We don't have particularly great fall foliage but we do have warm sunny days that keep being outdoors a great option. And, did we have lots of trick-or-treaters last night. We shut it down at 8 PM after completely running out of the several hundred pieces of candy we had. Most of the kiddos were costumed and said thank you. I particularly love the little ones who get so excited saying, "trick or treat!" I had one Mom with a group she was leading explain how she made all the costumes! She was having as much fun as her brood--and there were several. We even saw a truck pulling a wagon (like a hayride) through the neighborhood. The wagon was decorated and lit up with lights. It was full of trick-or-treaters dressed and ready to jump out and go house to house. And, I saw a dad or two canvassing the streets on bikes to keep it safe. A good night for all.
Halloween is for the fun and I'm glad to see we are moving away from the gruesome--at least here in our little portion of Memphis.
That's the way it is.....See y'all.
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