MoonStone

Stroke Caregiver - female
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About MoonStone

  • Birthday 09/06/1976

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  • Stroke Anniversary (first stroke)
    07-07-2011
  • Stroke Anniversary (second stroke)
    12-25-2012
  • Interests
    gardening, photography, making jewelry, singing and/or listening to music, digging up and working with bluestone, cichlid fish
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  • First Name
    Rebecca
  • State
    MICHIGAN

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  1. Happy Anniversary MoonStone!

  2. Happy Anniversary MoonStone!

  3. Spending all of this time on the moon, wears on my soul. Makes me feel really old most days. "They" say many things, mostly filling hot air with sound and spit. Trying to remind myself of the many years that have gone by, living carefree on earth, and wandering about with absolutely NO responsibilities. And that time is not now. Trying to see beauty in this current situation, here on the moon. Somehow, Joy gets in, small places, lights and sounds, but well received inside. Just enough grace to get through until tomorrow's moon day begins. Just enough to get by.. Moonstone
  4. Happy Anniversary MoonStone!

  5. Happy Birthday MoonStone!

  6. thanks for that story sandy, i laughed imagining myself rolling on fire, yelling for help, yet knowing i could not fail.
  7. wow, thanks everyone, will keep earth in sight.. one day at a time here, life on the moon..
  8. thx sandy, thx stingray, Having faith sounds easy until you have to jump for it, and expect that everything will work out. Ready for a mountain top over here, then just the easy descent to the next valley...
  9. Well, another day on the moon brings: more stress, more fears, acting emotional, crying slightly, hoping to hold it all together for just one more day... Something has gotta break, I pray that tomorrow is better, easier, more normal, even-keeled, sorta happy, with blessings, and a good memory for my family. Not giving up on this moon job, guess I always did want to be an astronaut secretly, MoonStone astronaut life on the moon vs. caregiver for husband stroke survivor
  10. AND another day of chasing myself in circles... (sigh) mebbe later there will be time to unwind and post more.. yesterday was hard, glad that is over.. not enough time to type today.. Praying this gets better... period. Moonstone caregiver to husband
  11. Taking care of a stroke survivor is like being an astronaut and living on the moon with them. It seems like all the "rules of life" are skewed... Every day is possibly a new emergency... (for example: spinning out of control in space with no tether after 1 small miss-step) And just when I think we are together on this, My survivor husband will get angry at some "invisible" slight on my part towards him and get verbally loud This new astronaut job is not what it is cracked up to be.. Hardest job I HAVE EVER HAD! It taxes me like no other, I still feel the need for a better regular course of action for day-to-day coping The one good thing about all this, I realize how much I love him no matter what and I see small things that show he loves me back just as much if not more now.. I tell myself that this new "life on the moon" will eventually feel normal even if just for the fact that life on earth would never be the same for us again. Then the next day my husband tells me that I am the most wonderful wife ever and how did he every find me, and hugs me, (one arm strong hug) and I try to remember these moments the most..
  12. Welcome to the forums MoonStone :)