Comments on: Blog 8: LIVING with the FEAR

By: Harold and Nola

Harold and Nola — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:55:49 +0000

Oh, there is one thing we can really come on board with: fear!
We all feel it, the sometime silent panic within, the awfulness of ‘not knowing’.
However, there was one thing Bill did have that must’ve held him in good stead.
And that: a good and steady, deep faith in his God.

By: Sonia Hendy

Sonia Hendy — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:55:57 +0000

I can’t begin to imagine who it must have felt to know you were declining and even though you worked hard, the decline continued. How hard you worked Fay, to keep life “normal” and happy for Bill.

By: Fay

Fay — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:34:42 +0000

I think that is true, Suzi, and I think that Bill was also, at that time, in the business of proving to himself that, even though he was losing literacy and numeracy abilities, he was still able to function in the world as he had always done. So the trips were a welcome validation in a way. Fay

By: Fay

Fay — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:16:05 +0000

And, would you believe, Sharon, Bill really eagerly wanted to go on all those trips and was very much the force behind us going to Camooweal. He was still, in 2008, much the same person that he had always been and I think that he wanted to go on that trip partly to prove to himself that that was the case. Fay

By: Fay

Fay — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:51:23 +0000

Hello Nancy,
All I can say is: “You, of all people, know what it’s all about. You did it yourself, didn’t you?”
It’s that old story that Abraham Lincoln and later George VI told ….. The story that tells of the older boy carrying the younger one up the steep hill. As the passer-by observed, he commented to the older boy that it must be hard work. But the older boy answered, in a voice even and steady: “No, Mister …. He ain’t heavy …… He’s my brother.”
Love, Fay

By: Suzi Carson

Suzi Carson — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:24:58 +0000

I know others who enjoyed Bill’s company on your travels, and it sounds to me like Bill gained a good deal from these visits. I think that it sounds like he really enjoyed the trip to Europe, as a way of remembering your special time/(?s) there in the past.
S

By: Sharon Hendy-Moman

Sharon Hendy-Moman — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:55:26 +0000

I’m so glad you went on your adventures that year. Although Bill must have been terrified, the pictures show of a smiling sensitive and intellegent person.

By: Mrs Nancy Lindsay

Mrs Nancy Lindsay — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:09:53 +0000

I ” felt” Bill’s fear when things were happening in his head and he wasn’t convinced that anyone could help him.
It is commendable that you, Fay, made life as normal for him as possible, continuing to fulfill your travel plans, even when the doing so caused you stress.

By: Fay

Fay — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:26:05 +0000

Looking back, I think these were the hardest days ….. the days when he knew that something was going wrong and no words any of us could say could give him confidence that he would be his old self again soon.