As we prepare for a new year, I invite you to log onto the home page - www.thealzheimerspouse.com - and read my New Year's Blog. Please post comments here.
Thank you.
Happy New Year to All. I have taken Lois and Chris' comments and moved them here, so New Year messages are all in the same place.
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook this morning and I thought I would share it with you.
"2011....no reason to look in the rear-view mirror...keep your eyes focused straight ahead and you will reach your desired destination!!!"
I hope you all make new and great memories in the coming year. Some things are beyond our control - but our way of looking at them can make all the diffference in the world. Be Happy and thank you for being my best friends. Happy New Year!!
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Thanks Lois, and may I add my New years wishes to all our friends here at the alzheimer spouse. And to all who are still on this journey, especially Joan who introduced us all, thanks for being there. At least we know we are not alone in this.
My prayer for the new year~I ask God for enough grace, favor, forgiveness, love, hope, blessings, strength, & faith for us all so that we can overcome whatever may come our way in my new year!! Arms around you all, I love you, Susan *
Please let me add my good wishes for 2011, can't say it better than Susan so won't try. Further to Joan's lessons learned, my daughter keeps telling me to just agree with whatever my Alzheimers spouse says no matter how outrageous his version of the story may be. She is right, that makes things so much easier, but I have a tough time remembering to "just let it go". That is my new short term goal. My second goal is to not loose me along the way. Love and hugs-a-plenty. RhondaJill
I like your new short-term goal, RhodaJill. As I commented recently on another discussion thread, knowing not to argue with my wife is definitely easier said than done! So, hopefully my learning curve in this area will improve in 2011.
To all who read and/or post on this site ... and especially to Joan who always continues to amaze me with her dead-on blogs and comments ... happy AND healthy new year, both for our spouses to the degree that they can be happy and healthy, and to us as we try to get through each day, one day at a time, dealing with our ever changing 'new normal' with our spouses.
Joan---With all due respect, may I wish everyone here at Alz Spouse all the best in the New Year. May I also refer ou to my New Years Resolution--which I'm going to go post now. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear God: I am feeling a little overwhelmed and lost. Please give my friends and me the peace and patience to overcome all the bumps in the road as we enter into this new year.
Another year marks a new beginnining. and with this, new chapter of our lives unfolds. new year,new hope,and new life, let's leave ol our burdens on the previous year and let our hearts be filled with God's love make a step,move forward and receive life's challenges and blessings, for within us is victory. victory through God, with... God and in God. trust, believe and have faith in Him. A year full of hope and love.
Humans learn only by trial and error, and that includes you. You've got to live life, not think about it. Step into the midst of things, try and fail and learn and stand up again. The question is not whether you will or will not make mistakes - you will. The question is do you want to learn and grow, or do you want to shrink back and be stuck? Take that step you've been avoiding. You can succeed, or you can get feedback that it didn't work, but in either case you are sure to feel alive.
The 3 C's of life: ~ Choices...Chances and Changes~ You must make a CHOICE to take a CHANCE or your life will never CHANGE...Have a "Fabulous" day FB Friends...at Midnight..I hope we all will welcome in the NEW YEAR 2011 with a "Smile" on our Face.."Love" in our hearts...and may it be a year that's full of "Laughter"!!...Hugs 2 every1 :)
lin 2011 my wish is that we can all find the strength to live with intensity, Walk to the edge, Listen well, Play with abandon, Laugh often, Have no regrets, Continue to learn, Appreciate our friends and Love hard and well. Happy New Year!
These are posts I have shared tonight on my FB page - not everyone is on FB - so these are words to all my Alzheimer Spouse friends.
Ms. Ruth, I am finally making the connection from FB. I am so glad we are both on this site. I love your comforting words of advice and peace. I look forward to both this site and all the loving caring people here and the peaceful feeling I get when coming to this site. As many are saying, I pray we all have a Blessed, Beautiful New Year and we take time to stop and smell the roses of life. N. Brunet
Happy New Year to you Ruth and all our friends here on Spouse. You have given us a good road map to follow and if we do those things life will be better.I am going to walk to the edge and hope nobody pushes me over. Love you....
Thanks Joan, Your statement that you relaxed when you stopped expecting anything from him. That hit the nail on the head for me. When I did that a few months ago, I was surprised at how much stress it lifted from me.
I am new to making comments, but old to reading all of your advise. What a help.