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From the outside looking in, anyone seeing the way Ms. G lives her life, running like a crazy lady to help everyone else with their lioves while all her plans stand still, might be tempted to think she’s mad as a March hare.
The difficulty lies in the fact she has convinced herself and many other people they cannot handle their own problems without her help, so they call her first when anything goes wrong and expect her to either advise or drop everything and come help, which she often does.
The gentleman she is currently assisting is a special needs adult who does not have our friend Carl’s advantages of a family working to be sure he has a place; in fact, when his brother asked their father what Sean was going to do when Dad died, Dad said, “Well, I won’t be there to worry about it, will I?”
Thus here we are, Dad has passed on, the house is being sold, Sean is temporarily moving into a hotel until some friends can assist him with getting disability and other help he has needed for years, and Ms. G is in a tearing hurry to empty the remaining stuff out of the house and do some basic cleaning, since the new buyers are doing a last walk-through before closing.
Which is why yesterday found us once again loading items into the back of her "pick-em-up-truck," ferrying them to the storage unit, directing other helpers to move some items to the curb for garbage pick-up, and lots of vacuuming, all while watching an autistic man with OCD and other diagnoses wander around in a daze, grieving for his father and seeing everything he has ever known his whole life go out the door.
And of course, Ms. G is doing this for some commission on the house sale, but she's put a lot of her own time and money into the moving mostly for the items from the house she has been gifted, now moved into storage so she can sell them online as her pay as she cares for yet another of the many people in her life who truly depend on her.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is March.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
I’ll let you in on a secret
if you promise not to tell,
the best way to keep a secret is for
it only in your mind to dwell!
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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful i have small hands which enabled me to reach between the buckle and the seat of Ms. G’s truck to get the key which had dropped in there. Sometimes there are advantages to being a grown up who is child size.
I am also thankful that both times we had to load a table in the truck, a much stronger man happened to be around who offered to help (two different houses, two different tables, two different men).
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It's Purple Day, a day to support those who have epilepsy.
The Five Sibes and Their Scribe were five Siberian Husky dogs and their human and one of the dogs, Gibson, had epilepsy. They advocate for dogs with epilepsy, proving that with treatment, they can LiveGibStrong and have wonderful lives.
If you or anyone you know has a dog with epilepsy, they're a great resource. Today, we celebrate strides made in caring for people and dogs (and other pets) with epilepsy.
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Today is:
Day to Mourn Victims of Biological Weapons -- commemorates the day they were outlawed in 1975
Fiesta del Arbol -- Spain (Tree Festival or Arbor Day)
Independence Day and National Day -- Bangladesh(1971)
Khordad Sal -- Zoroastrian (Birth of the Prophet Zaranhushtra)
Legal Assistants' Day
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day -- Wellcat Holidays, which has made up a bunch, wants you to do the same today!
Martyr's Day / Democracy Day -- Mali
National Letting Go of Stuff Day -- see lettinggocafe.com for details
National Nougat Day
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianole Day -- Hawaii, US (Hawaiian Royal who worked to preserve the Hawaiian culture)
Purple Day -- International (supporting epileptics around the world)
Spinach Day -- on this day in 1937, spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas, erected a statue of Popeye in honor of their favorite veggie
St. Braulio's Day (Patron of Aragon, Spain)
St. William of Norwich's Day (Patron of kidnap and torture victims)
Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel -- Eastern Orthodox Christianity (celebration of his role is the Annunciation)
Anniversaries Today:
Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman, 1994
Founding of the University of Utrecht, 1636
Birthdays Today:
Keira Knightley, 1985
Amy Smart, 1976
T.R. Knight, 1973
Josh Lucas, 1972
Leslie Mann, 1972
Kenny Chesney, 1968
John Stockton, 1962
Marcus Allen, 1960
Jennifer Grey, 1960
Catherine Keener, 1960
Leeza Gibbons, 1957
Curtis Sliwa, 1954
Teddy Pendergrass, 1950
Martin Short, 1950
Vicki Lawrence, 1949
Steven Tyler, 1948
Diana Ross, 1944
Bob Woodward, 1943
Erica Jong, 1942
James Caan, 1939
Alan Arkin, 1934
Leonard Nimoy, 1931
Sandra Day O'Connor, 1930
Pierre Boulez, 1925
Tennessee Williams, 1911
Viktor Frankl, 1905
Robert Frost, 1874
Jane Arminda Delano, 1862
Nathaniel Bowditch, 1773
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Fences"(Play), 1988
"The Young and the Restless"(TV), 1973
"Cannon"(TV), 1971
"Funny Girl"(Musical), 1964
"Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi/The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi"(Play), 1952
Today in History:
William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables, 1484
The first British Sunday newspaper is published (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor), 1780
The US Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana, 1804
An earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela, leaves 20,000 dead, 1812
The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, NY, 1830
Eastman Film Co manufactures the first commercial motion picture film, 1885
New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies, 1931
William H. Hastie becomes the first black Federal Judge in the US, in the US Virgin Islands, 1937
Jonas Salk announces the first successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children, 1953
East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh, 1971
Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C., 1979
The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world, 1999
A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man, 1999
The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China, 2005
Richard III of England (1452-1485) is reburied at Leicester Cathedral in England, after being discovered under a carpark in Leicester in 2012, 2015
US, European Union and Ukraine expel more than 100 Russian diplomats in response to Russian use of nerve gas in UK, 2018
The US Federal Trade Commission confirms it will investigate Facebook over privacy concerns, 2018
The Pablo Picasso painting Buste de Femme(1938), stolen 20 years prior, is recovered by a Dutch art detective, 2019
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after being struck by a cargo ship that had lost power, 2024
Masaki Kashiwara becomes the first Japanese mathematician to be awarded Mathematics' highest honor, the Abel Prize, for his work on the theory of symmetry, 2025
How selfish and uncaring of the family of that poor young man, that is just terrible. I hope he will soon find a loving stable place to call his new home, though for sure it will not be easy.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Carl will be in his second home and likely well adjusted to it long before his parents pass away.
My hubby after having 3 seizures way back in 2022, is now on medication for the rest of his life. I think he got those as a reaction to one of the covid vaccines...and he's never had another (Seizure/shot!).
That's a good poem, too!
Unfortunately this is the reality of many people with special needs.
ReplyDeleteI don't know where you are located, but it can take forever to get approved for Disability in the US. I hope Mrs G's friend has a plan B as hotel living is not sustainable especially on a set or limited income.
ReplyDeleteI just love your poem for Angel Sammy's Poetry Day. It's short and sweet!!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam and Teddy too
My goodness, so many things still to do. However, Ms G will still be coping, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteAh ... fences.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
That is so sad to have a family that could care less about a family member because they are a "bother" and need special care. Hope they can find a place for him to go where he will feel comfortable and cared for.
ReplyDeleteThe fence makes me think there should be horses behind it. Sean is going to need extra attention is it is good to know there are people to help him. and Mrs. G to clear and sell the house which I hope benefits him.
ReplyDeleteI feel as Lynn does "Lynn and Precious". I hope all goes well and to Sean's advantage. You said it so well, Mini. He is suffering grief indeed and the disintegration of all he knows. If he is all by himself in the hotel, I feel very badly for him. I hope he is verbal. Some autistic people are unable to speak, perhaps for always, as Autism is a neurological happening. Depending where he is on the Spectrum, I hope someone is responsible for his well being.
ReplyDeleteI have thought of Carl as well, now that I guess he has gone on to another place as you mentioned. I hope he is adjusting well.
can't say I think much of the (deceased) father... not a very caring attitude
ReplyDeletehey! I tried and did not succeed in using the March hare reference! muy bueno
Wishing a loving place for this person whose family is not caring ~ sweet thankfuls ~ little person and muscles to help ~ hugs, ^_^
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