Very true. Whether someone goes through it with the gentle help of friends and or family, a support group or therapy (sometimes a combination) the main thing is that the person grieving isn't going it alone. My hope and prayer is that he finds some avenue of helpful support in his town, and that he checks back in here when he's ready. His ALDIO friends care and are thinking of him.
Sadly won't be there then. I hope you get a chance to tell us about your trips when you get back. They sound fabulous!If any are in WDW January 31 to February 3 hit us up. We would love to buy a rum punch for all
Sadly won't be there then. I hope you get a chance to tell us about your trips when you get back. They sound fabulous!
I am very sorry for your loss. I've heard alzheimers termed the long goodbye, and experiencing that must have been so difficult. Sending gentle hugs your way.
I am very sorry for your loss. I've heard alzheimers termed the long goodbye, and experiencing that must have been so difficult. Sending gentle hugs your way.
I was a little baffled reading this initially - I'd forgotten you don't have mandatory votingFor the first time ever, I "early voted" today, it was awesome. The signage outside the venue was fantastic, no question about which parking lot to use, etc. Just outside the entrance to the building was a volunteer welcoming people (well just me & DW because we were the only ones there), pointing directly to the door to enter, and thanking us for coming out. Inside the building we were met by another greeter who asked us to have our DLs ready, and she literally escorted us to a bank of people checking in voters. This took approx 30 seconds, we were then escorted to the door where the voting machines were located and rec'd a brief explanation on how the machines worked--all digital, pretty much like marking an X in a box on a computer. After marking the ballots, a plastic card popped out of the voting machine, we handed it to the volunteer at the door, and we were outta there. On the way out, volunteers were thanking people for voting, and double checking that everyone got their driver's licenses returned to them at check in. Exiting the building, a volunteer once again thanked us for coming. The entire process--including the drive to/from the venue was less than 20 minutes. Unbelievable.
Whomever was in charge of organizing this should be put in charge of everything! TSA, and any other job at an airport I'm looking at you. We obviously hit a very slow time, but there could have been a thousand people in line, and it still wouldn't have taken very long to move through the process.
Great they got you through quickly. I always go early or postal vote if I can get away with it.So sorry for your loss.
I gotta think on-line voting will happen at some point. I'm glad we went yesterday, I think election day (next Tuesday) could be hectic. 
DS voted early, when he was here & had a chance.
Micca, your Thanksgiving dinner sounded great. Do you mind sharing your DD with the rest of us to cook for the holidays?
I miss being around family for holidays. (We normally only go up for Christmas.) DH made our reservation for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. I used to cook a huge meal with a table full of dishes for DH, DS & I. I liked for us to have everything my fairly large family in NC always has. My health makes cooking like that impossible now, so we've been eating our for several years. Hopefully, this year's meal will be better than last. Our meal was $200+, with a very reasonable bottle of wine, for three of us & was barely edible. This year we decided to go for fun, rather than fine dining, & made a reservation at an Irish restaurant/pub. They're serving a traditional, Thanksgiving meal & having live, Irish music. If nothing else, we'll have a good time listening to the music & catching up with DS.
