Comments on: Blog 14: Brain Slips

By: Harold and Nola

Harold and Nola — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:19:44 +0000

How thankful we are that Pat and Clive were with you; what a nightmare!

By: Fay

Fay — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:29:28 +0000

Hello Sr Lois,
Thank you for your lovely words. Writing Bill’s story has indeed been a healing experience for me and, if it helps others understand a little what those with dementia go through, then it has served doubly well. I hope you are having a good year up there in Kiunga, “sharing your story …..”. Kind thoughts and best wishes.

By: Sr. lois Mathieu

Sr. lois Mathieu — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:44:52 +0000

Dear Fay,

WOW! Your story will help us to understand “our story”. I admire your courage and your clarity of mind and soul. It is a healing experience for you and an important awareness for us. As the song says:”We have come to share our story…we have come to break the bread…” thank you for sharing your sacred story. It was lovely meeting you in Brisbane at Albert and Alison’s home.
Be blessed!
Sr. Lois

By: Fay

Fay — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:36:21 +0000

That was the last overseas trip that Bill took, Sharon. And I know you all understand …… I just couldn’t risk taking Bill into a foreign country again

By: Sharon Hendy-Moman

Sharon Hendy-Moman — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:54:28 +0000

Fay, that would have frightened the life out of me. What a brilliant woman you are . xoxo

By: Fay

Fay — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:31:55 +0000

Lovely to hear from you Charmaine and, yes, Taipei was scary. It was one of those incidents in my life …… I think we all have them …. one of those incidents that I look back on and say: “There must have been a guardian angel sitting on my shoulder.” How else could it have happened that, at the last minute, he said: “I can follow you.”

By: Charmaine Zuidam

Charmaine Zuidam — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:52:47 +0000

I enjoy reading your blog Fay. It must have been a great concern for you in Taipei when he was happy to stay. I know myself I am a very nervous traveller and Taipei is a long way from home.

By: Fay

Fay — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:13:51 +0000

That has been one of the pluses of going on this journey, Sonia. I have learnt that I can take help from friends without feeling obligation and, as a result, I’ve come closer to them all. It was hard for me to accept help at first …. Bill and I had always been independent …… but then I learnt and I understood that people are kind because they’re kind….. not because they expect you to be kind back to them.

By: Fay

Fay — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:03:47 +0000

Thank you Carmel,
When I first started blogging, I didn’t have the faintest idea what it was all about. But my son and daughter-in-law were adamant that this was the way to do it these days. And now I’m beginning to see how it works and how it allows your readers to give you encouragement along the way. It really has been a great way to tell Bill’s story.

By: Fay

Fay — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:52:13 +0000

Hi David,
I commented at BLOG 12 that I had just finished reading Hazel Hawke’s story written by her daughter.
In it, she recounts a time when Hazel’s friend paid Hazel a visit. They had been talking for an hour or so when Hazel looked hard at her friend and asked: “Who are you?” That memory probably still brings tears to Hazel’s friend’s eyes.
And the memory of Bill in that hotel room can still make my eyes water …. because it was the first time that I understood that there was a much more sinister side to this damned disease that Bill had than the unlearning of the school curriculum.