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| Jean at the Zen Hospice 1/28/13 Squeezing wrist exercise ball, Wearing T-shirt for the Waves To Wine MS Ride |
In Brief
After
getting out of bed Friday and Saturday, Jean worked with her squeeze ball Sunday
morning, and you can see the defiance and determination on her face. But soon afterwards she started having more
problems with nausea, and Monday and Tuesday she slept most of the day, needing
to postpone some visits. It's possible
that the fatigue Tuesday could have been a reaction to taking Ativan to stop a
tremor, and we're hoping Wednesday will be better.
Dept. of
belated gratitude: Thank you everyone for keeping us in your thoughts...
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| Bed Four's corkboard at the Zen Hospice 1/29/13 |
Some of
Jean's visitors and their gifts have not been acknowledged, and some of Jean's
most devoted friends have not visited the hospice at all. Here's part of that story, from the corkboard
and other photos.
Beverly Epstein made the blouse hanging in the
bottom left. If you look closely, you
might be able to tell that the tag on the inside has a picture of Beverly and
her horse. Along with the garment,
Beverly gave Jean this note.
If you feel like wearing something
"busy" with personality here you go.
Paisley, buttons, beads...it has a little of everything. If someone lost a button on their shirt, you
could certainly give them one without it being missed on this top!
...May your days be filled with
sunshine and your nights be warm with memories.
Ian Austin brought the rose drawing, above
and to the right of the blouse, when he visited on January 24.
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| Inside the Fleur-de-lis card |
Our good
friend Craig sent the card with the
bright stickers above and to the left of the blouse, as well as the one with
the gold fleur-de-lis to the right of the rose drawing. There part of a wonderfully creative series
of over 50, which Craig started sending when Jean was diagnosed with a brain
tumor in May 2011. The sticker card is
in honor of "Romney Navy" day, the other of "Gilding the
Fleur-de-lis Day." This is typical, and Jean has been doing her cheery best
to honor the holidays as Craig proclaims them.
Amy Garber took the picture, of Jean and her
sister Anne at our house on Wood St.
Pam Cory brought the Michael Jackson icon
at the very top.
Roger Weise sent the print of one his oil
paintings, to the right of the icon. For
more on Roger's art, go to www.rogerweise.com.
And
finally, Denise Heick and Linda Peters brought this resplendent rose bouquet with
them when they visited Jean on January 24.
...and
thank-you universe for the hope from something that cares not at all about us
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| Acacia tree, Laguna & Fell 1/29/13 |
We do have seasons in the Bay Area, including a definite winter, even if our temperatures rarely fall below freezing. We shiver in warm winter clothes, hemmed in by short days, just like the rest of North America; and then along comes late January, and life is sweet again. The acacia tree is always an early bloomer, its abundant bright yellow blossoms proclaiming, "Things have changed." There's a short row of them planted at the corner of Fell and Laguna, just four blocks from the hospice. This week, obdurately unaware to the human dramas unfolding nearby, their blossom buds began to open. If one happened to be taking a break from sitting at a beloved's bedside, and was delighted by the sight of this new growth, one might return to that bedside with a vague sense of renewed hope. The currents of life run richly all around us, one of them may yet carry us to safety.
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| Acacia blossoms close-up |
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