Comments on: Blog 12: Still Intelligent, Still Sociable

By: Fay

Fay — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:02:48 +0000

You’re so right, Nola. That damned disease they call dementia destroyed so much that was Bill, but, in my view, it never got the essence of the man. That was our good luck.

By: Fay

Fay — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:57:26 +0000

After Bill became ill, Barry, the boat sat on the pontoon and slowly rotted. But we’ve had it fixed up and we use it happily, now, as a little run-about. Bill enjoyed your visit in 2006, in no small part because he was able to talk to you, in detail, about that boat.

By: Barry Hishion

Barry Hishion — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:22:43 +0000

I too was a visitor to the pontoon; a favourite spot In 2006 Bill was then able to relate to me the building of his lovely little boat. That was my good fortune. Should my visit had been much later, the finer details of its building he may not have been able to convey. Great reading Fay.

By: Harold and Nola

Harold and Nola — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:11:25 +0000

We remeber how sociable Bill was whenever we were with you. He always loved people and we believe his Christ-love shone through even brighter as his poor brain deteriorated. We could see it. Somehow, we – you – never really ‘lost’ Bill.

By: Fay

Fay — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:55:57 +0000

I do declare, text speak will be the death of civilization.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:11:57 +0000

Yes, there ARE indeed only six emus. But I was trying to be cool and trendy and reflect a younger generation who talk in txt speek … and who would have thought my Mum was a teacher!

By: Fay

Fay — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:09:53 +0000

“Gentle’ is a lovely word to describe Bill, Sonia. Thankfully, he had friends and relatives who were “gentle”, too. Bill would probably have retreated into his shell if those “gentle” people had not been there for him, helping his social efforts along.

By: Fay

Fay — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:00:04 +0000

And I remember you walking down on to the pontoon with him, Juanita. You were both dep in conversation and I asked you afterwards: “How was that exchange of sentences.” And you answered: “Not too bad. I could mostly followwhat he was trying to say.” And that was how it was until well into 2011. You could mostly follow …..

By: Fay

Fay — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:56:00 +0000

Hi David,
If you look back at my reply to Sonia, you will see that I said to her that now and again I stop and make the effort to count from 100 backwards by sevens. And your sentence should read: “There ARE only six”.
Yes, I would say 2008 or 2009. But he looked pretty fit right up until 2011.

By: Fay

Fay — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:50:23 +0000

Thank you for listening, Carmel and Gerry and for corroborating my claims about Bill’s efforts to stay connected to society. Through it all, he was such a brave man. Keep listening, Carmel. There are 54 BLOGS in all.