Tag: mental-health
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Chapter 66. The House is Sold.
We closed on the house yesterday. Prior to the official closing, we met with the new buyers, a couple, both lawyers in their early 30’s. I had prepared a spreadsheet of items, contractors, people who fix broken things, electrical information, swamp cooler, you know, house stuff. I also printed out information on the architect who designed the house…
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Chapter 32. Grief
We heard Anderson Cooper speak this week at the Colorado Speakers Series. He spoke about grief, his changing life, the deaths of his mother, father, and brother. He spoke of the grief that surrounded him during reporting the most heinous war crimes. But that grief wasn’t his. He used the collective grief of war-torn countries as a protective…
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Chapter 30. Power
I suppose I’ve accepted the diminishment of power in my life as I age. Letting go of the empowerment of work creates a void that in retirement is filled by less important duties. Having spent a life to make change, do things better, create systems that work has been a privilege afforded by few. I’ve been lucky…
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Chapter 17. Three Weeks After
The temporary shunt was placed three weeks ago today. It seemed that it made a difference so the plan to place the permanent one was offered. And accepted. There has been a difference. GB’s walk is better. The incontinence seems to be better. The cognition is likely the same, although it wasn’t terribly terrible before…
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