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Sorry for the downer I just did. But, I needed that and most of you needed to read it. I want and need comments. (not on the last one, it speaks for itself) Let me know what you think, or ideas you have. Please, share the link to my blog with anyone that you think would like it or maybe needs a dose of my "Teaching". I could write in a paper journal to just get these thoughts down. Let's communicate!

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There are two blogs that I have been thinking of writing for a while. This is one of them. What do you say to a person you love and have lived with for over three decades when they turn to you and say with tears in their eyes, "I don't want to die"? What do you do when you have kids and family members that just ask "How is she doing?" and just want to hear "Fine", or "About the same"; even if it is not true? How do you make people understand that you are living with it every day and that it is not going away and that it is hard? Hard for those of us around her, but even harder for her. How can you watch your wife of thirty-four plus years not able to get out of bed or up a single step unassisted when you still see her as the eighteen year old you married? How do you answer a 53 year old that asks you if she will see her daughter, a junior, graduate from high school? How do you get your kids to get off their asses and recognize their mot