tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post4675992797473729117..comments2024-03-28T15:12:21.172-04:00Comments on calvin's story: herculeanChristy Shakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-92111483142702908872021-02-01T08:44:01.567-05:002021-02-01T08:44:01.567-05:00dear E, sorry to hear. I do believe we are screami...dear E, sorry to hear. I do believe we are screaming together! haha! sending you love too. xoxoChristy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-38939502467452867512021-01-29T01:47:28.996-05:002021-01-29T01:47:28.996-05:00I'm not doing so well, either -- for some of t...I'm not doing so well, either -- for some of the same reasons, and some are different. Even with a lot of "help" in the caregiving, the enormity of it hits me more often than not these days. The relentlessness of it -- knowing that it won't stop until one of us is dead. And then there's that. I appreciate your honestly and raw words. I'm sending you so much love and understanding. I wish we could scream together.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-4220399101182528312021-01-24T13:38:20.091-05:002021-01-24T13:38:20.091-05:00The thoughts in my head are so similar seventeen y...The thoughts in my head are so similar seventeen years in. I am so sorry this has become your life. I often think of what may otherwise has held: healthy kids, a hubby who stayed, a career not ended abruptly, smiles, and then I try not to think because it no longer matters, it is too late two decades in . I hope Spring brings you at least nicer weather to “ escape” to. Andie Andiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027163638314511943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-89535507280130655932021-01-24T06:42:01.274-05:002021-01-24T06:42:01.274-05:00dear Ian, It always feels so good to hear from you...dear Ian, It always feels so good to hear from you, to know you are out there listening. sending love and hugs back to you and hoping the lockdown is not too hard on your and your family. xoxoChristy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-14658748964107939852021-01-24T06:30:20.519-05:002021-01-24T06:30:20.519-05:00Sending love and hugs from lockdown Devon. Sending love and hugs from lockdown Devon. Ian Rippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-6742575747933655942021-01-23T18:46:47.717-05:002021-01-23T18:46:47.717-05:00Heart pounding hugs is all I can think to send...a...Heart pounding hugs is all I can think to send...and on top of this you are still writing each day. Hurculean is an understatement. Your freedom will come, there is a solution, and when it does, no one will be more poised to feel its full force than you.Beautiful Possibilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101505664581273707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-56895809640155968682021-01-23T12:03:45.164-05:002021-01-23T12:03:45.164-05:00thank you lily. your words mean a lot to me.thank you lily. your words mean a lot to me.Christy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-82891119066846956362021-01-23T10:38:01.998-05:002021-01-23T10:38:01.998-05:00I could not have done what you're doing right ...I could not have done what you're doing right now. I was done by the time Katie was fifteen. I thought about driving into a semi truck, the two of us on the highway. I saw no way out and I couldn't take it anymore.<br /><br />Not all group homes are awful. We finally found one where Katie is very well cared for and even loved by her staff. Not all agencies are created equal but there are good ones out there. And it's not because you don't love your son but because you can't do it all. You are not superhuman, you are human. But most of all, you are tired. We don't know each other but I'm sending hugs. My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.com