My father-in-law is dying, today may be his last day with us. It is amazing how long one can hold on even after refusing treatment, liquids and food. He's on so much morphine now, he is mostly asleep and doesn't know who is visiting and when. And tonight is my husband's birthday too. What a way to ring in the new year and your new age.
I also never realized how big an effect it has on the whole family. As for myself I am so restless, always wondering what is going on at the hospital (Sunnyview Rehab in Schenectady, NY) since I'm staying home with the kids while their Dad supports his Mom and siblings. As my niece put it, our life is on hold now until it finally happens. And then he will leave his suffering behind.
Postscript: Arnold Dedicke died today. His obituary is at http://www.autenrithfuneral.com/sitemaker/sites/weaute0/obit.cgi?user=arnold-dedicke#
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Bailout for Writers!
Lots of buzz lately on why writers are entitled to their own bailout:
By PAUL GREENBERG
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/review/Greenberg-t.html?_r=1&8bu&emc=bub1#
(I never knew FDR had started the Federal Writers’ Project, "under which some 6,000 out-of-work writers were hired over a period of several years to write guidebooks, oral histories, ethnographies and the like, and in the process “describe America to Americans.”)
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/09/29/080929sh_shouts_borowitz
Bail Out the Writers!
By PAUL GREENBERGhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/review/Greenberg-t.html?_r=1&8bu&emc=bub1#
(I never knew FDR had started the Federal Writers’ Project, "under which some 6,000 out-of-work writers were hired over a period of several years to write guidebooks, oral histories, ethnographies and the like, and in the process “describe America to Americans.”)
Too Big to Fail
by Andy Borowitz
September 29, 2008http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/09/29/080929sh_shouts_borowitz
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