After my husband was recently diagnosed with two serious disorders, so much of life made a lot more sense -- the changes in his attitudes, memory, personality and general behavior were explained. Rather than just going through the world's worst mid-life crisis, it turned out he had a combination of a serious mental illness and was in the early stages of an extremely rare, fatal, untreatable, uncontrollable, progressive, degenerative brain disorder (Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia or "FTD" for short).
This blog is the place where I'm going to post my thoughts, reflections, memories, research and general writing on topics related to our families difficulties (including mental illness, death, single parenting, abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress, health, etc.).
I'll also include just a bit of this and that as we go along, as well. It should be a wild and varied ride.
"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. When you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake." --Victor Hugo
"Each player must accept the cards life deals him. But once they are in hand, he alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.” --Voltaire
"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Give us the strength to encounter that which is to come." --Robert Louis Stevenson
"It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this: it is your own doing, not God's. He begs you to leave the future to Him, and mind the present." --George MacDonald
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away." --Unknown
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." --Lewis Carroll
Now, what on earth does this mean? Are there people out there who would actually buy my blog for that much? So where are they? If you meet 'em, send 'em here, please! I could use the $18,000+ more than I can use a few pages for ranting. lol ;-)
