I Can't Smell Anymore...

 Wednesday, June 6, 2012

There was a photo on someone's blog this spring of a little girl joyfully lifting up her face to the sunshine and lilacs.

I didn't smell the lilacs this year.

With all the lovely and beautiful things that bless my life, smell won't be one of them, not every again.

You don't think about how much you use it until you lose it.

I remember walking by the irises this spring and thinking, "I don't smell those."

But, I thought I would, I really did, I though this thing in my head would someday succumb  to antibiotics and my life would be back to "normal" again.

But it won't.

I won't smell flowers again.

I won't smell dirty diapers again.

I won't smell the fresh "after the rain" smell.

I won't smell the lovely smell of wood smoke, or burning in the kitchen, or skunks, or natural gas.

Once the olfactory nerve is gone--it's gone.

But I have a lot of other things.

I can see, I can here, I can live. I have family, I have friends.

I can feel the warmth of sun on my face and I can remember...

I can remember that I loved to smell.

And I didn't take that for granted.

10 years later:

See below the comments

13 Comments:

The Chairman's Wife said...

Though we enjoyed and appreciated guest writers, it is very comforting to hear form Gramma herself! So sorry you have to go down this path without smelling the roses or anything else for that matter, but you have the gift of life. And that's what matters most. Thinking of you often...

June 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM

John and Sandy Linder...

Beautifully put! Though we do not know you very well, we are rooting for you.

June 6. 2012 at 10:01 PM

Dorothy K said...

And...you can write!! Shelley the Writer is back and it makes us all happy! Who'da thunk it? A week ago this morning in ICU with a ventilator tube down your throat, and today you will be watching another sunrise out you kitchen window.

And we are thankful.

Dodie,

June 7. 2012 at 6:15 AM

Ruth said...

So glad you are home and BETTER! So very sorry for you loss...but maybe your other senses will learn to compensate more...remembering, feeling, appreciating. We take way too many things for granted in this precious life.  Wishing you a speedy recovery and bright days ahead.

June 7, 2012 at 9:34 AM

gkey said...

Dear Sensitive in all the ways that matter most.

Tears of sadness for what won't ever be the same for you again. Mostly tears of JOY for what you still have and especially because al the ones you love you, still have YOU!!

Hope to come visit tomorrow, have a wonderful day today.

love, 

Remembering 

in NE

June 7, 2012 at 11:39 AM

The J's said...

I'm just so glad to have you back at home with us, on the blog--being in your place!

As painful as they are, and as sorrowful, things like this are good reminder to not take things for granted and I want to be more careful not to take my friends and special friendships for granted.!!!

June 7, 2012 at 1:54 PM

The J's said...

Oh yes, and the flowers are lovely, smell or not!! :) (But, I AM sorry for you loss of that sense!)

June, 7, 2012 at 1:59 PM

Gramma Lorna and Grampa Garland said...

So glad you are back home and are able to write again!! Very well put and glad for all the things tyou didn't lose!! Our thoughts go to Holly T. and her family since her brother-in-law was hurt so terribly bad. We are thankful for what we have!! With Our Love and Care!!

June 7, 2012 at 2:20 PM

Lanae said...

I'm sorry for what you've lost too...but as you say, there is much you haven't lost and perhaps things you have gained. Rich in what matters most....

Glad in any case to read a post from you!

June 7, 2012 at 8:12 PM

Huisman5 said...

It's so good to see your notes, Shelley. Now you can stop and "see" the flowers. Something we all need to take time for. We maybe just smell them quickly in passing, but to stop and see things in life's journey brings so much depth.

Love, from our corner, 

Lori, Wayne and Family

June 7, 2012 at 10:38 PM

Dan & Cyndie said...

Great to hear from the Gramma herself!!! and so very thankful to have you right where you are...HOME!!!!

June 8, 2012 at 8:21 AM

Anita said...

It like how you ended this post, Shelley! I'm going to love to smell from now on!!! xo

June 8, 2012 at 9:01 AM

Raimie said...

Dear Aunt Shelley, 

This is one of those moments where I lack the words to express my thoughts...How to be a comfort to you, my auntie...Maybe, just saying I love you and that my thoughts are with you every day on this journey will have to be enough.

Love, 

Raimie

June 8, 2012 at 11:26 AM

10 years later:

I get asked often if my smell has come back. It hasn't. It won't.

 In these past couple of years marked by COVID-19 in which a number of people lost their taste and smell there have been a lot of articles about what the loss of the sense of smell can have on the quality of life. 

From an article in the New York Times

"Everything tastes like cardboard"

"I know what it should taste like, but I can't get there"

"The prospect has set off an urgent scramble among researchers to learn more about why patients are losing these essential senses, and how to to help them:

"Smell is intimately tied to both taste and appetite, and anosmia (no smell) often robs people of the pleasure of eating."

"Smell is not something we pay a lot of attention to until it's gone, Many people who can't smell with lose their appetites, 'There is no point in indulging in brownies if I can't really taste the brownie.' "

"My patients, and the people I know who have lost their smell, are completely wrecked by it."

And from some site called 'Advisory Board'

"And because smell and taste are linked, losing the ability to smell also impacts the taste of food. Research has shown the the tongue can taste salty, sweet, bitter, sour, savory and fatty. But some flavors like strawberry and chocolate, are experienced through retronasal smell, which requires the mouth and nasal cavity to work in harmony."

"..and I've had to rely on my spouse to sniff questionable chicken or milk nearing it's expiration date."

I don't think the 'ruination of my life' effect of my loss of smell happened to me because so many other things of my life were turned upside-down at the time.  The loss of smell certainly affects my sense of taste and that has caused me a very real sense of loss over the years, particularly at first.  I have gotten used to the way things are over the last 10 years and only occasionally do I think "I did not eat enough of that particular thing", and push it out of my mind. 

(Think--Big Macs and Thin Mints)

Of the list of "tongue tastes", I don't have salt or sweet, but I still have the others; bitter, sour, savory (umami), and fatty. Chicken bullion, soy sauce, butter and chocolate fit into one of the last two. It does affect what I want to eat.

My doctor told me that my brain would learn to taste in a new way, so some things do "taste good", but it isn't related to the "normal" way of tasting. I think my brain has decided that Chocolate is the best, due to the the fats and the endorphins.  I could eat chocolate all day, but it isn't very healthy. 

Textures are very important.

I have other problems in the eating department, but they are related to my dry mouth and swallowing issues, not the lack of taste. 

Home Again After A Big Week

 Tuesday, June 5, 2012

If yesterday was the valley, today was the mountain top on this journey. Shelley was released from the hospital this morning, and tolerated the three hour trip home quite nicely. When I talked to them a few minutes ago, Shelley was sitting on the couch talking to her friend Juli, who has arrived to help out. Juli brought Lynette home, also. Shelley also had a nice bath, and they attempted to deal with her hair. She spend the last week in a hospital, not a spa or a salon! The big incision, the tangles, the greasy ointments, the days of lying in bed all took their toll, but her hairdressers were working on it.  Pain pills and naps are still important features of life, but really , everything seems to be going as it should. 

I fear I may soon be losing my position as guest blogger, but as Shelley says, it is harder to think about blogging and computer work when you have sore eyes. I think you will be very soon be seeing a post from Shelley herself, though.

Someone has set up a "Google Calendar" for any who wish to help in any way, with meals, housework, companionship, whatever your talent is! I'll paste the link below. I tried it myself and got it to work, which is a minor miracle considering my limited computer skills, So I'm hoping it will work for anyone else who wants to access it. 

An added note: (June 5, 2022) The main incision discussed in the about was from ear to ear and coated in some greasy substance after sewn back up.  It was a real job to get it washed out.  Eventually the stitches worked themselves out, or Jim pulled them out since they were the kind that dissolved. Another strange thing were the hairs that got caught in the incision and would swell up and threaten infection, so Jim had to pull those out, too. I can't remember just now, but I'm fairly certain that my front hair was cut short.

13 Comments:

The J's said...

So glad to hear you're home Shelley! I'm looking forward to a visit. The Calendar is a great idea. I'm planning on filling some of those slots-(If I can figure out how to use it now!!)

June 5. 2012 at 10:20 PM

Anonymous said...

Hey, I can't figure out the calendar...it either opens to MY calendar, if I'm signed into my gmail account, or the the sign in page of google calendars. (I guess it's not like I'm planning to bring over a meat loaf any time soon..........so it's not really an emergency, unless some others are having similar difficulties.) But,...main thing....CONGRATS on getting home Shelley, KUDOS to Jim for standing by unfailingly, HUGS all the way around to the kids and grandkids, and THANLS

 from the bottoms of my heart to all of you who are helping out in the most amazing variety of ways. 

Love from Dodie

June 5, 2012 at 10:26 PM

Unknown said...

So glad to hear you are home, Wish I was closer to help out in some way, but I guess our part is just to keep praying that all goes as it should. Wish you a fast healing and it sounds like you have a wonderful help in family and friends there. Love Jeanne

June 6, 2012 at 12:47 AM

Bonita Sue said...

Guess what--this link to the calendar isn't really working, at least working right. The technical experts will work on it, and maybe later on you'll see a link that does work.

Bonita

June 6, 2012 at 7:46 AM

Lanae said...

So glad you're home, Shelley ! Looing forward to hearing from you. :))

June 6, 2012 at 8:19 AM

Renee said...

Oh, happy day!!

June 6, 2012 at 8:37 AM

gkey said...

Dear At Home again, 

What a week is was! SOOO glad to hear you are home & getting into the next part of this healing journey. It has to feel good t everyone to have you safely back in your own space. Glad Juli is there.

Will visit soon,

love, 

Just down the road east a ways

in 

NE

June 6, 2012 at 9:38 AM

Sharon said...

So glad you are home. Live too far to help much, but prayers continue you way!!!

Hugs!!!

June 6, 2012 at 11:17 AM

Anonymous said...

Welcome back home, Shelley. So glad to hear that you are out of the hospital and doing so well So, our Juli is down there with you huh? We will miss her tonight but so nice she is there to help you. Will be looking forward to when you are doing well enough to write on here yourself!! Darlene and Wayne Jensen

June 6, 2012 at 12:30 PM

Anonymous said...

Oh, Shelley, I'm glad for you to get home, but please let everyone pamper you. I'm sure that is not a bit normal, but from now on it is your new norm. Love you girl, Ann P.

June 6, 2012 at 2:55 PM

Luanne said...

So glad you are home! I am leaving for a week but when I get home I will be up. 

You are in good hands with Juli!! Hugs to you both. Love Lu

June 6, 2012 at 5;49 PM

Anonymous said...

We are SOOO GLAD that you're recovery is going so well so far....It must be so special for you to be home. Our thoughts are with all of you....wish we could visit too....but I think we might be just a bit too far away!!! Unless we can find a magic carpet like Mary Poppins!  :) If Juli is the Juli we think she might be....Give her a hug from us.

Jonny, Rosalie, Nathan & Jacinta

from Kangaroo Island

June 6, 2012 at 9:03 PM

Anonymous said...

SOOOOO very glad you are home. Will stop by soon. The calendar is still not working so I guess it will be a SURPRISE when I get to stop by!! Arlene

June 7, 2012 at 4:51 PM

The Roller Coaster of Recovery

 Monday, June 4, 2012

It seems like recovery never takes a nice gradual upward incline, but rather it's more like a roller coaster with a general upward incline. today was on of the valley days on the roller coaster of recovery. This morning they took out the nasal packing, which was a very painful process. Guess it was nearly unbelievable all that was up there in her head. Shelley's head is now having to adjust to those recently operated areas not being packed tight, and it is a painful process and the pain got ahead of the pain pills. She wasn't able to force herself to eat much today either.

They've been saying today that she could go home tomorrow, but as difficult as today was, there is a possibility that it might be postponed. It's a three hour trip home and that in itself is a major undertaking for someone with a sore head! 

Shelley's good friend Juli is going to come and help out when Shelley does get home, and that will be so, so appreciated.

So, that's the news for today. It's anyone's guess whether tomorrow night will find Shelley in Omaha or in Kearney. As nice as it is to go home, there's a certain security about being in the hospital when you're not feeling well.

8 Comments:

The J's said...

As much as we'd like to see you home again, Shelley, we want it to be the right timing. 

Not good to have needed to stay longer, or have to go back sooner than necessary either. Hope for a good night for you!

June 4, 2012 at 10:43 PM

Renee said...

Oh! I can imagine that nasal packing removal process was anything but pleasant and I know you were dreading it, Shelley! Ahh...but another step towards being well again. 

I totally agree about the security of being where the experts are when you are sick, so I hope they don't send you home too soon.

So happy Juli will be there to help out when the home time comes. A friend indeed is a friend indeed, the saying goes.

June 4, 2012 at 11;17 PM

gkey said...

Dear Rolling with the process, 

We know you are bravely doing the very best you can. Sometimes there just has to be these rough spots on this recovery road.

No hoping your night is peaceful and the morning brings fresh strength & healing.

Love, 

gkey & family

June 4, 2012 at 11:34 PM

Dan & Cyndie said...

Many thanks for the update. Healing is sometimes a very bumpy road...I agree with others that as nice as it is to be home, with the length of the journey, it's better to err on the side of caution. It would be a miserable journey back to Omaha if something came up.

With much love & caring.

Dan & Cyndie

June 5, 2012 at 7:57 AM

Anita said...

I was wondering how that 'unpacking' business went.... I don't think I've ever heard anything pleasant about such things. Glad it's in the past and hopefully today is bringing some better moments again!!

June 5, 2012 at 8:05 AM

Darcie said...

So hard when the pain gets ahead of the pain pills! Hope they give her all the time she needs to feel comfortable to go home.

June 5, 2012 at 9:09 AM

Ruth said...

And now I hear you're on way way home1 After yesterday's torture. I imagine you are happy to be out of there! Wishing you a comfortable drive home and days and nights of rest and healing. 

June 5, 2012 at 10:27 AM

Monica said...

As I read this my heart hurts for everyone involved! We're been in your shoes and it's NO FUN...Hope you find comfort knowing that there are those of us praying for you to keep finding the grace to persevere one minute at a time, one day at a time. Keep hope before you This too shall pass. LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING - The Hertz's

June 5, 2012 at 5:42 PM

Post Op Day #4

 Sunday, June 3, 2012

Today started out for Shelley sort of on the "draggy" side, but as the day wore on, she really perked up. She had lots of company and was able to enjoy that quite a bit.  Now, this evening she is really tired, and definitely ready for a good night's sleep. Today she are more than ever before - soup, potatoes, fish and such. It still isn't all that thrilling for her to eat, but she is doing a good job of it, especially with Jim's urging. They took some walks out on the breezeway.

Tomorrow will be an eventful day because the nasal packing and the hated nasogastric tube will be removed. That's a big and definite step toward recovery and going home. The doctors haven't made any definite proclamations about what day she might be leaving. Jim is going to make a quick trip back to Kearney tomorrow. Seems his employees want to be paid, and stuff like that.

Good night, and we'll talk again tomorrow night!

7 Comments:

Renee said...

Our beloved Shelley looks amazing folks ... and we had the best visit and we likely wore her out terribly. It does a person's heart such good to see her (and Jim).

June 3, 2012 at 10:26 PM

Gramma Lorna and Grampa Garland said...

Glad to have the good reports! & great you got down there, Renee & Delton!

June 3, 2012 at 11:03 PM

gkey said...

dear Improving by the day, 

These positive reports coming in are sure lifting our hearts! Sending lots of good wishes your way tonight.

love, 

The KeoughKrew

June 3, 2021 at 11:15 PM

The J's said...

Thanks again for the update, and lovely you got a visit, Renee!!

June 3, 2012 at 11:43 PM

Dan & Cyndie said...

So glad for positive updates & glad for Renee's "been there" news! Lots of love & care, Dan & Cyndie

June 4, 2012 at 11:36 AM

Darcie said...

Thanks for each and every one of these posts! Hope the days continue to keep getting better!

June 4, 2012 at 8:54 PM

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the updates and glad things are going so well for you. I have thought of you many times i the law few days. Joy H.

June 4, 2012 at 10:20 PM

A very, very good day

 Saturday, June 2, 2012

When Dorothy and I were together last night, we had plans to write a really exciting, riveting blog entry, but it got later and later, Shelley seemed sicker and sicker and we got more and more busy and tired, our literary ambitions kind of fell by the wayside. I'm afraid tonight's entry will be rather utilitarian also. It seems with our jobs, we so often work weekends!! We're back in Wisconsin now, rearing up for tomorrow and reflecting on today.

Boring or not, it is all good news today. Shelley was up in the chair, took a little walk in the hall, and walked back and forth to the bathroom. Quite a few visitors came today, including Eldora, the seeing eye dog (oh yes, Kayde came with her too.) Shelley was able to genuinely enjoy her visitors. Eating is going well--chicken noodle soup, applesauce, etc., and the feeding tube hangs there unused.  She'll be really happy when that thing goes. She has been switched to oral pain medication now also.  All those things are really good signs. According to Jim, it wasn't a very good day, but a very, very good day!

Good night all. May you have a good tomorrow.

Postscript: (June 2, 2022) One of these "better days", I remember waking in the night feeling nearly myself again.  I was in the dark and alone.  I had the strange sensation of floating in a glass box with strange illumination, (from the outside lights, I suppose.) I think the effects of the morphine were affecting me. 

12 Comments:

Renee said...

Yee Haw! I expect the next time you write, you will say that she is asking for her knitting needles!!n:)

Three cheers for very very very good days!!

June 1, 2012 at 9;35 PM

Diane T. said...

Glad to hear my friend Shelley is improving steadily! Thanks for the updates.

June 2, 2012 at 9:40 PM

Dan & Cyndie said...

Hooray for a very very good day!! I can just hear Jim saying that & seeing a huge smile on his face. :)

Many thanks for these postings. Hugs to our dear friend Shelley & love & care to you all.

Dan & Cyndie

June 2, 2012 at 10:16 PM

Lynisha Weeda said...

So good to hear!!

June 2, 2012 at 10:59 PM

Anonymous said...

Yay!!!! What wonderful news!!

Hugs!! Janet

June 2, 2012 at 11:07 PM

Gramma Lorna and Grampa Garland said...

Thanks again, for your time and effort to post altho know you don't think of it as an effort since is is for your dear SIL!! Hope you all have a restful night!!

Our Love and Care, Garland and Lorna

June 2, 2012 at 11:08 PM

Christy Lester said...

Yay. Thinking of y'all tons!!! Happy things are looking up...Our tho'ts are now too.

June 2, 2012 at 11:09 PM

Anonymous said...

Dear Jim, Shelley & Family, 

This news has just reached us in Australia.....We want you to know that you are in our prayers and have all our fingers & toes crossed that Shelley can make a full recovery. We have lovely memories and you & your family when we visited in 1995 & then again in 2007.

Thinking of you with love to you all, 

Jonny, Rosalie, Nathan & Jacinta xxxx

PS We were sent the link to your "Longest day" blog & left this message there...but then found this more recent blog, so have copies & pasted our message to make you you get it.  :)

June 3, 2012 at 2:33 AM

The J's said...

I'm liking Raimie's comment up there!! (Bonita's comment, I think) It does sound like a VERY good day, and in such, "Boring" is great! Wish we were close enough to pop in also, but looking forward to our time when she is back home!

June 3, 2012 at 8:02 AM

Luanne said...

Thinking of you all on this Sunday morning. Thankful for our Loving Father's care.

Trusting in Him. Sending you healing thoughts! Lu and Rod

June 3, 2012 at 8:48 AM

Heidi said...

Yes, when Shelley feels better, we also feet better! Look forward to seeing you all next month.

June 3, 2012 at 9:41 AM

Holly T. said...

So good to hear of a better day for Shelley and that means for Jim, too!  Hope you are able to rest well and looking forward to you coming home! Holly

June 3. 2012 at 7:35 PM

A Better Day

 Saturday, June 2, 2012

We want to quickly get the news out that today is a much better day for Shelley (and Jim!) Already in the night Shelley was showing signs of perking up, and while she's sick, weak and uncomfortable, she is MUCH better. She's alert and conversing, although her throat hurts her a lot. This morning they took the lumbar drain out and the nasal packing is scheduled to be removed on Monday.  The goals for activity today are to sit up in the chair and perhaps take a short walk. Isn't is amazing how we're all linking together somehow? When feels better, we all feel better!

10 Comments:

Renee said...

Oh wonderful!! So happy to hear it. Indeed we are all linking in this wonderful family we ahve been called into!!

June 2, 2021 AM

 

Dan & Cyndie said...

The spiritual family link is amazing beyond words :) Thanks so much so we can all feel better with them!! Praying for continued steps toward a full recovery. With much love & care, Dan and Cyndie

June 2, 2021 at 1:38 PM

gkey said...

Dear KleebKrew.

3 Cheers for a better day, and to better and better ones ahead!

love, 

In the cheering section to the west

in 

NE

June 2, 2021 at 1:19 PM

Gramma Lorna and Grampa Garland said...

Yea! So good to hear! Thank you for quickly posting! Love from the Snows

June 2, 2012 at 2:50 PM

Brenda said...

That's awesome news!!! Sure hope the improvement continues!!!

June 2, 2012 at 3:03 PM

Luanne said...

Good news on a beautiful day! Hope everyday is a better day.

Smiles and hugs from us.

June 2, 20124:31 PM

Anita said...

That is such good news!! Keep it up, Shelley ... and Jim! And everyone! :)

June 2, 2012 at 5:23 PM

Monica said...

Thanks for the update - we especially love the 'better day' ones! Love the thought of being linked, very fitting so hope you know we who are a long ways away are hurting with you too! HUGS! the Hertz's

June 2, 2012 at 5:34 PM

The J's said...

Good news! Hoping each day will continue to see improvement. We'll sure miss our (would have been) meeting tomorrow, but will be thinking of you all!

June 2, 2012 at 5:39 PM

Ruth said...

Tears...good ones. Hope each day is a better day.

June 2, 2012 at 5:46 PM

Reality hits...

 Friday, June 1 2012

Well, folks, I think the harsh realities of a huge surgery set in today. Shelley has not had nearly as good a day as yesterday. Yesterday was probably almost too good to be true, but not too unusual for the first post op day. Shelley did get moved out of ICU today, sat in the recliner for an hour, and took a few steps from bed to wheelchair for the move. These are all positive forward steps, but she has been overwhelmingly exhausted and not nearly as perky. Even mumbling or framing a word or two is a real chore for her. She's had some low blood sugar issues today, too...indicating her body has had a pretty major stress. Her main surgeon saw her this morning and indicated there would be rough days ahead, but by the time he gets back from his weekend away, she will likely be making a turnaround. That's a good goal to look forward, to, but like Jim says...you can keep telling yourself this is all normal, but it's pretty hard to believe it! He will be staying the night in her room again, and hopefully can give a more progressive progress report tomorrow sometime!

Some were wishing the address of the hospital. It is Methodist Hospital, 8303 Dodge St., Omaha, NE 68114. Jim and Shelley's home address: 300 Northview Dr., Kearney, NE  68847

Believe it or not, your guest writer in a guest of her sister tonight! It's nice to be together when we feel far away from the ones we love. So...tonight this is being written by the Minnesota sister-in-law with the Wisconsin sister-in-law looking over her shoulder. We both agree that our one and only sisiter-in-law is a very special lady. Ad her husband is a very special man!

An addition: After reading the comments below and appreciating the expressions of sympathy for my "suffering", I want to say.  I remember very little about those first suffering days. I don't remember being transferred to PCU. I don't remember any pain. I have learned through this surgery and others that the first day that seems so good because I was doped up pretty good with pain meds, and then as the post title says, reality hits and the body has to respond to the beating is has received.  It takes a lot of energy to rebuild and not much left over for "normal" life.

8 Comments:

Luanne said...

Thanks to the special guest writer and her special sister! Thinking of Jim and Shelley tonight and wishing we could ease the suffering. Know we care.

June 1, 2012 at 10:20 PM

Renee said...

Awww...don't we all wish we could take some of the sffering to ourselves to ease Shelley's burden a bit.?! I do know the human body is amazing the way it can heal and I also know Shelley has amazing "gumption." But, it hurts to see your friends suffer!

I like to think of you two sisters together as you pen the progress report for all of us in Shelley's fan club.

  

War care to ALL you Kleebs....

June 1, 2021 at 10:29 PM

Anonymous said...

Hey, the novic guest blogger meant to say Shelley has had some HIGH blood sugar issues, requiring insulin, not low blood sugar. Also... to answer someone else's question: Bon is here to help at a funeral which happens to be right here in Stillwater, MN, the area I'm working in.

G'nite, Dorothy

June 1, 2012 at 10:42 PM

The J's said...

Thank you, both of you girls! I'm pretty sure that we all feel like you fit in well to the "special" category, too :) (AND family) today and have wondered how it went. It seems like day 3 is often the hard day. Thanks for the address, too. Hope everyone has a restful night. 

Maxine

June 1, 2012 at 10:54 PM

Dan & Cyndie said...

Isn't it a wonder how that word "special" seems to wrap others so closely to our hearts??

Like other's have mentioned, you know that if we could we would bear some of this for our Shelley.

With loving thoughts & hopes for a peaceful night.

Dan & Cyndie

June 1. 2021 at 11:19 PM

Raimie said...

Dear Dottie-Bon,

Thank you SO much for posting! and thanks for the address.

Dear Aunt, Shelley, 

Life sure is full of ups and downs...even of one's blood sugar! Alas, it must be something like coming down off "the birth high" (on a much greater scale)...Burst of energy right at first and then a crash!

Up or down, we love you!

June 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM

gkey said...

dears in Omaha (AND in MN tonight!)

I'm sure the hours are long as you struggle to make even little bits of progress A quote I came across recently says: "There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going!" 

Rest well, all of you in our Father's tender care.

June 1, 2012 at 11:46 PM

Anonymous said...

I just keep thinking ALL of you are special and special to so many of us. I'm so glad that we know the living God and know the FATHER knows best. At times like this we can rest knowing HE has us under His wings. Love to all you from Ann in Alma.

June 2, 2021 at 7:59 PM