Reminders . . .

Every day something reminds me of my father, whether I'm at the grocery store and see something that I bought especially for him, or like yesterday for instance, I had to go to the VA clinic and I sat there remembering when I used to take him to the doctor. But even though I'm saddened of his passing, I turn that to happy thoughts, how he was so funny & quirky in his later years, and how he was the best dad ever!!

Don't buy intercoms for your home

I bought a wireless 3-unit intercom system (not cheap) so that my parents could reach me no matter where I was throughout the house (one for mother, one for daddy, & one for me). The reception was not good, we couldn't understand what each other was saying. Then, I realized that my cordless AT&T home phones had the intercom feature, so now that's what we use. It's fantastic!! So you're better off putting your money towards new phones instead of an intercom system.

If you should decide to buy intercoms that are not wireless, be sure that the locations where you're going to plug them are all on the same wiring throughout your home, otherwise they won't work. I need wireless so that I can carry it wherever I go in the house, out in the garage, out in the yard, etc.

I hate to admit it, but . . .

. . . I'm stuck in a time warp - with daddy passing away on December 15th, we really didn't have a good Christmas, so I'm not wanting to put away my tree and decorations. Call me crazy, but my father loved Christmas and his very own decorations, so I've left them up. No one sees them but us here in the house, so what does it hurt?

When someone passes away . . .

I learned a few things about death & funeral arrangements:

1) When my father passed away in our home, hospice was there and handled everything for me with complete professionalism, care & compassion. Just as if she were family. Thank you Charlene!
2) When hospice is involved, you don't call 911, and police do not get involved.
3) Also with hospice involved, they made all the phone calls to the doctor, the funeral home, etc., for me.
4) The funeral home that I used was absolutely wonderful in making the phone call to Social Security to notify them of his passing, the union hall that was responsible for paying the funeral expenses, and the VA Administration representative that helped me complete all the necessary paperwork for his VA death benefits & widowed spouse benefits.

But with all of this help, I still can't bring myself to clean out his bedroom, closet, etc. But there's no need to hurry!

I miss my Dad everyday!!!!