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Skriven 2008-08-23 23:35:54 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: Speaking of Dads...
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-16-08 16:28 <=-

 NB>> No... she'd pretty much given up on cooking... my sister was doing the

 RH> So did she help your sister any? Even putter stuff can be a big help.

Not that I'm aware of.  I suspect that Lydia has discouraged her from
doing to much because she tends to more get in the way... unless she
sits her down at the table with veggies and a paring knife...  :)  In a
lot of ways, my sister tends to be a "Martha"... ;)

 NB>> down to essentially live with her.  They had an in-law apartment built
 NB>> onto their house for them, but it didn't have a stove/oven (saved a
 NB>> lot of hassles and taxes, I understand).  I'm not sure he still had a

 RH> Interesting, I never would have thought about it.  Steve's folks
 RH> renovated the basement of one of his brother's house for an apartment
 RH> but did put in a kitchen.

There are probably different zoning regs for different areas.  Lydia's
in Ontario County, T of Bloomfield... outside the village of East
Bloomfield... 

 NB>> favorite meal, either, by then... the Parkinsons had been making many
 NB>> things very difficult to eat, since it affected his swallowing

 RH> That must have been hard.

Yup.

 NB>> As my uncle says... Growing old isn't for sissies...

 RH> Amen to that one!

That seems to be the general reaction...  ;)  Only people that don't
agree are too young to know what growing old is really like... :)

ttyl         neb

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