My husband is miserable tonight and exhausted by the myriad of ways his body is betraying him. Turns out, a lot of things go wrong when muscles die.   I camp out in a chair near his wheelchair while he watches old movies.  He doesn’t watch them because he loves them so much, […]

  This has been a tough month for Steve – especially in the the past week. Some sort of virus, combined with his already-fragile condition made for a dicey few days for all of us. I can’t quite explain what this season is like as we live in this land filled […]

  True confession: Steve and I have watched every episode of American Idol this season.  Every, single one. This is astounding because there are virtually no entertainment choices on which we agree.  He’s sports and action movies.  I’m documentaries and You’ve Got Mail.  We haven’t always watched American Idol, and we’ve […]

  Dear friend,   I don’t know exactly what drew you to this post, but I’m guessing it was bad news.  Perhaps your spouse was recently given a terminal diagnosis or has been struggling with something chronically debilitating for years.  Maybe you have a friend whose walking a spouse through the […]

  If you tell me your husband is hard to buy gifts for, I will have zero sympathy.  I’ve honestly never experienced anything like trying to choose something appropriate for a man on hospice who can’t eat, drink or leave the house.  Videos were good for awhile, but now we […]