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Blog Entry 154 of 157
Thanks for the Memories - Niagara remembrances
Stories, anecdotes and memories from Niagara Falls and the surrounding communities.
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3/5/2007 '"...Places Close To My Hear...'
3/5/2007 '"...So much history and bea...'
3/5/2007 'I (eye) witness - Virginia ...'
3/6/2007 'School Days - Elaine A. Brown'
3/7/2007 'My Family - Elaine A. Brown'
3/9/2007 '"Elaine, get your nose out ...'
3/14/2007 'Elaine Brown looks back at ...'
3/29/2007 'Elaine's tips to holding of...'
4/2/2007 'Janette Brandon: On Getting...'
4/3/2007 'Mary Jane: "If this were a ...'
4/9/2007 'Mary Jane - "Can You Imagin...'
4/15/2007 'Jeanette Brandon - "From Vi...'
4/18/2007 'Pearl Rafferty - St. Patric...'
4/23/2007 'Elaine's Brown's List of "D...'
5/1/2007 'Elaine Brown - More Senior ...'
5/9/2007 'Pearl Rafferty - What was, ...'
5/16/2007 'Elaine Brown - "One day tha...'
5/22/2007 'Elaine Brown - "I'll try - ...'
6/11/2007 'Elaine Brown - "Eyewitness ...'
6/11/2007 'Virginia Ceretto - Fictiona...'
6/12/2007 'Virginia Ceretto - Royalty ...'
6/19/2007 'Elaine Brown - "Changes"'
6/20/2007 'Mary Jane - "The Wonders of...'
6/20/2007 'Mary Jane - "Trip to Disney...'
6/25/2007 'Janette Brandon - Eyewitnes...'
6/28/2007 'Elaine Brown - Memories of ...'
7/5/2007 'Elaine Brown - On Death and...'
7/10/2007 '"Never say never" - Elaine ...'
7/10/2007 '"Imagination" - fiction fro...'
7/10/2007 'Writing class tribute!'
7/10/2007 '"Changes" - Janette Brandon'
7/10/2007 '"Mrs. McGoo" - Carol Scott'
7/10/2007 '"Shoulda Coulda Woulda" - C...'
7/11/2007 '"The beauty of it all" - a ...'
7/13/2007 '"You'll always be my Jim!" ...'
7/18/2007 'What a day - it's JFK! - Pe...'
7/25/2007 'A look at my family - Elain...'
7/31/2007 'My Relatives - Mary Jane'
7/31/2007 '"It's nice to keep in touch...'
7/31/2007 '"...and then there are rela...'
8/9/2007 '"... but I love them dearly...'
8/14/2007 '"Love walked right in" - fi...'
8/14/2007 '"...We do like things to be...'
8/15/2007 '"A journey of 1,000 miles.....'
8/21/2007 '"...Have you ever..." - Ela...'
8/21/2007 '"What is so sweet as a day ...'
8/28/2007 '"...but I love to dream" - ...'
8/28/2007 'Memories of a father - Elai...'
9/5/2007 '"I must make a change" - El...'
9/5/2007 '"From Dawn until Dusk" - fi...'
9/10/2007 '"...I got to know my parent...'
9/10/2007 '"Take Me Fishing" - Pearl R.'
9/12/2007 'My hobbies - Mary Jane'
9/28/2007 'The way it was in the Falls...'
9/28/2007 'Diary of a Senior, Summer 0...'
9/28/2007 '"I Have More Yesterdays Tha...'
9/28/2007 '"I Can't Help But Wonder Wh...'
10/16/2007 '"Some Advice for Senior Yea...'
10/16/2007 '"I may need your help" - Ma...'
10/16/2007 '" A wonder to me..." - Elai...'
10/16/2007 '"Seasons" - by Susan M. Harris'
10/16/2007 '"I'm really not grouchy..."...'
10/17/2007 '"Gifts from God" - Pearl R.'
10/17/2007 '"Children?" - Pearl R.'
10/18/2007 '"From Fredonia to the Falls...'
10/18/2007 'Losing a pet, losing a frie...'
10/18/2007 'A story of a blue-bellied Y...'
10/23/2007 '"Life is what you make it" ...'
10/23/2007 '"Going through changes" - R...'
11/6/2007 'Creative Writing Class Upda...'
11/14/2007 '"Judge not..." - Rev. Susan...'
11/14/2007 '"A spiritual journey" - Rev...'
11/29/2007 'Family life and great happe...'
11/29/2007 'Spotting Kennedy - Janette ...'
11/29/2007 '"We had a lot of fun back t...'
11/29/2007 'Hair-raising situation - Ma...'
11/29/2007 'Young Woman's Great Lakes a...'
12/3/2007 'Celebrating the (Easter) ho...'
12/3/2007 'Nature, birth and faith - E...'
12/7/2007 'Happy and sad times - Elain...'
12/7/2007 'Depression Days - Elaine Brown'
12/8/2007 'Memories from Michigan - Th...'
12/10/2007 'Skating back to the past - ...'
12/10/2007 'Learning can be painful - P...'
12/11/2007 'Remembering The Great Depre...'
12/11/2007 'Only in Dreams - Janette Br...'
1/17/2008 '"...dreams are free to ever...'
1/17/2008 '"Having Fun!" - Elaine Brown'
1/17/2008 'Life in 2 states - Elaine B...'
1/17/2008 'Friends - Elaine Brown'
1/17/2008 '"Happiness is not easily fo...'
1/17/2008 '"God knew me..." by Susan M...'
1/17/2008 'Dreams - Mary Jane'
1/21/2008 '"I remember..." - Mary Jane'
1/21/2008 'Remembering Thanksgiving - ...'
1/21/2008 '"Did I tell you about..." -...'
1/21/2008 'A dream - Susan M. Harris'
1/24/2008 '"Dreams can change..." - El...'
1/24/2008 'Family, heredity and clowni...'
1/24/2008 'Oops - Carol Scott'
1/25/2008 'A Horse Tale - Elaine Brown'
1/29/2008 'Changes good, changes bad -...'
1/30/2008 'Challenges - Mary Jane'
1/30/2008 'Writing about Hope - Janett...'
1/30/2008 'Remembering the sacrifices ...'
1/31/2008 'Stories of Love - Elaine Brown'
2/5/2008 'It's all in order - Susan M...'
2/10/2008 '"...many adventures we had....'
2/24/2008 'Remembering World War II - ...'
2/24/2008 '"...the best days of my lif...'
3/6/2008 'Better to know, better not ...'
3/6/2008 '"I don't know..." - Elaine ...'
4/1/2008 '"Fingerprints on my heart" ...'
4/1/2008 '"I never said I know everyt...'
4/1/2008 '"Always on my mind..." - El...'
4/2/2008 '"What's on your mind, Jan?"...'
4/2/2008 '"Promises of coming attract...'
4/2/2008 'Reflections after a good su...'
4/2/2008 '"...this is how I feel toda...'
4/2/2008 '"I needed a safe harbor" - ...'
4/2/2008 'To sleep, perchance to drea...'
4/4/2008 'Things That I Love - Mary Jane'
4/4/2008 '"What's on your mind, MJ?" ...'
4/17/2008 '"How Do I Love Thee..." - E...'
4/17/2008 '"...I love thee in many way...'
4/17/2008 'What's that word? - Jan Bra...'
4/30/2008 'Yesterdays, todays, looking...'
4/30/2008 'Daydreaming about the sea -...'
4/30/2008 'The story of the rainbow - ...'
4/30/2008 'Fiction by Janette Brandon ...'
4/30/2008 'Fiction by Susan M. Harris ...'
4/30/2008 'The order of things - Susan...'
4/30/2008 'Fiction by Elaine Brown - T...'
5/8/2008 'What's in a name - Pearl R.'
5/8/2008 '"I'll worry tomorrow!" - Pe...'
5/9/2008 '"I just went hysterical wit...'
5/9/2008 'Cars: From Luxury to Necess...'
5/22/2008 'Spirituality, pizza, and a ...'
5/22/2008 'Time, Oh Precious Time - El...'
5/22/2008 'Time - A Poem'
5/22/2008 'Things to remember - Mary Jane'
6/24/2008 'Time goes by, but by who? -...'
6/25/2008 '"...judge not..." - Susan M...'
6/25/2008 'Any George Harris paintings...'
6/25/2008 '"...lucky to be a part of i...'
6/25/2008 'Time flies by me now - Susa...'
6/27/2008 'My Cousin Claire - Elaine B...'
6/27/2008 'Aunts, jokes, and pranks - ...'
6/27/2008 'Remembering my cousin - Jan...'
6/27/2008 '"It was a zoo out there" - ...'
6/27/2008 'Aunt Margaret and her candy...'
7/4/2008 'Out with Aunts - Mary Jane'
7/18/2008 'Remembering the War - Helen...'
7/22/2008 'The Move - Elaine Brown'
7/22/2008 'Is there hope for the world...'
9/5/2008 'Death and Dying - Virginia ...'
9/5/2008 'It's Not My Fault - Elaine ...'
The Move - Elaine Brown
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on 7/22/2008
There are all kinds of moves in our life - slinky moves on the dance floor - a sneaky move meant to deceive - smooth move - on your drugstore shelf - a dangerous move - a delayed move (oops, missed the boat) - a hesitant move (the 'bugger' got away) - a tired move - chance move - a move back move - when your kids move and you hope for good - then move back.
Ah, yes, so many but the move I had to make was one I did not want to make - the move to a senior apartment because I could no longer take care of taking care of my home. The stress level of doing this is unbelievable - even my poor kitty cat, Tijou, was stressed.
But we all know - we read about it - we've had meetings, hints from our kids, etc., about it, there comes a time when our life drastically changes. THE MOVE IT IS!!! Some seniors resist this, and struggle saps their strength and their kids, who worry continually. That is my story - resist the reality - what changed for me and all the others here in this senior apartment, to come to the conclusion sadly "I've got to do." Some seniors, giving into the relentless nagging of a child, and goes unwillingly with resentment toward the one who knew in their heart that mom/dad must go.
Thank God for my finally knowing. I told my ever-silent children, Praise the Lord, I was going to finally move to Sawyer Gardens. I am proud to say that I packed everything myself. I was blessed with my granddaughter, Sarah, and her husband, Ed, who agreed to take my home. Solved a lot of what should I take to a three-room apartment from a three-bedroom, 1.5 bathroom, living room, kitchen, two hallways?
Yes, I left furniture. They wouldn't have to buy, helping us both. My 30.5 year-old broom (I felt I wanted a new one to go with my new life) - and lots of "stuff" I hoped they could use that probably went to the garbage. That's OK. I'm happy I could take things near and dear to me - old pictures from childhood to present. Memories of my marriage my past youth and some of the shenanigans I pulled - old friends and their part in my life of almost 84 years - the wars - WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Granada, Gulf, Iraq - all these memories, books, and boxes filled with them.
Somehow, we find room for all this and start new memories of these last 'good' move where we will enjoy yet more friends who will be here when we make maybe the LAST MOVE. I say maybe because we may have 2 more moves - assisted living and nursing home - then Heaven, but there is a possibility, moving in with children. My prayer is straight to Heaven. What a lovely thought!
UPDATE: The move, after 5.5 months, was the right thing and so far, everyone I've met has said "I didn't want to elave my home but knew I had to and I'm glad I did!" You who are reading this, and I know some, still saying, "I'll never move from here - never!!!" Please, as one who knows, is it fun not being able to get your mail or paper, cook a decent meal, depend on others for groceries, the doctors - all of the money we now have. Have you ever had your daughter pick out your clothes as with her busy schedule, you buy it even though it's not really what you want? How about that stopped up sink, toilet, house needs painting - lawn cut, trim bushes, checkbook messed up, etc. Call my son who just worked 8 hours of OT - "I've got 6 kids, surely one of them can help!" says you. Don't, please don't, do that to your children; I did and I hated it - to interfere with their busy lives when I could free them from worrying about me. They have their own lives and they really don't owe us, as many seniors think. God just loaned them to us to love and cherish.
So, seniors, if you are stubbornly staying in your home and at the same time asking for their help and hating asking, it is time.
Trust me, you will love it, be independent, make new friends, go to the casinos, dancing, grocery shopping, Walmart, doctors' appointments, picnics - oh, I could go on and on. "My move," the best decision to leave my home - it can be yours.
Originally written on January 11, 2008.
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