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e i always said i was a spoiled bride and i was we were such a good match he was a good man ray and therese on their wedding day me you ve had a very blessed life so far therese i don t remember doing anything but working until i graduated from college and then i taught school for four years i was 17 when i started therese they didn t pay me until i turned 18 because they didn t want the state to know they had a teacher under 18 she taught all subjects and all ages up to 8th grade in the one room school house and there were twin boys that were about this much taller than i was me so you taught all grades all ages april 27 2024 therese you have a new hat me yeah nice of you to notice did you miss me therese yesss me what are you looking forward to today therese i really can t look forward to anything me that s not good you need to look forward to something therese let me ask you the last chapter was that totally imagination she was asking a book i had written titled bridges and angels the story of ruth me the book is mostly nonfiction but about a third the last part is mostly fiction i wrote an ending i could live with me are you going to eat your lunch i will wait and sit with you therese i don t want to eat today my daughter said you got to eat protein i said if i miss protein one night it s not going to kill me june 22 2024 me buongiorno buongiorno therese i didn t think anybody would talk to me me somebody did me it s me i got back from denver as soon as i got back i said i wanted to come see my friend therese why couldn t you see your friend me you i am talking about you me you re my friend whether you like it or not me what s new what has happened in the past week therese bec s family came to visit the girls came there were nine people in the room me oh gosh i wish i were here to see them therese they were here from monday on but they didn t come to see me and bec didn t tell me because she wanted to surprise me it was bec s son in law he was the head of the crew and the girls one of the girls had a boyfriend with her therese it was really almost a shock in this little room and to have nine people walk in all at once and you can t offer them drinks you can t offer them a chair you just sit there like a lump on a log me looks like you got a new quilt therese i ve had that when i sit still my hands get really cold now all i take is a towel and wrap my hands in a towel to keep them warm it can be 108 degrees outside and my hands are cold me they say cold hands warm heart it s warm in here warm as a nursing home in here me i went to denver and watched two dodger games my son henry and i went to two baseball games and one was one was one of the best baseball games i ve seen the dodgers came back and scored 7 runs in the ninth inning and won unheard of therese they were professional teams is that why you went down there me i seldom do anything with a single motive we went to see family see friends and go to the baseball game therese i turn the tv on and whatever is on that station which is what i watch which is usually something stupid and that television has stupid stuff on it therese i like to watch ice hockey i don t know when they do this and this and this i don t know all the rules it s really fast therese i thought oh he s not coming today me so i surprised you therese you did therese they get tired of me talking about how nice everything was me well you ve had a wonderful life therese i did me you still do me think about people right now living in places where people are shooting at them and they don t have enough food this isn t perfect but it is better than a lot of places i talk with a little lady shuffling by the woman shares that she has suffered 17 strokes therese you can start a conversation with anybody me i like people and i just love these people i appreciate them most people i meet are in such a hurry to do something people are not in a hurry here they have a chance to talk therese i don t plan on this being permanent but she does she knows with what she has therese i don t plan on being here that long me you might live another 10 years therese i plan on living a long time but not in here i want to be in my house therese i think you need to get a new cap me i like this one therese it is still better than the last one she laughs she shares about the house she and ray built therese we were the very first house built in the country intentionally we were there 52 years and raised all eight kids there it was painted a cranberry red it wasn t barn red we had a christmas tree farm on 10 acres therese he was 27 when we got married me wow you didn t waste any time having kids therese well it was just one of those things we didn t worry about having children me i hope everything is good therese it will turn out good i know there is a lot of sarcasm me ok therese i am going to have to get going an hour flies by when i am here me alright honey i am so glad to see you i kiss her on the top of her head me i love you honey i am glad you are doing alright therese thank you thank you so much me i come when i can therese i really really appreciate it me i appreciate seeing you we are friends yes that s nice aug 10 2024 therese i thought maybe you moved you have moved a lot me yes but if i hadn t moved i wouldn t know you she laughs therese you wouldn t know what you missed she keeps laughing a girlish laugh a kind laugh not sarcastic or with any hidden meaning me did you think i forgot you therese i did i did think you forgot me she laughs me thank you i have missed you too thank you me have you ever wondered why we became friends therese silently contemplates the question me maybe we are where we are supposed to be maybe you need more experiences to teach you more patience maybe i need you to help me maybe we need each other me i guarantee you you are more patient now than when i first met you therese you didn t know me me i think the loving side of you came out because you don t have control you have to depend on other people isn t that true therese yeah yeah i was so totally independent then all of a sudden you can t go to the bathroom by yourself me so maybe that s part of the lesson therese slips back to the complaining self she is working on overcoming therese the men here are so crabby there isn t a nice man in here therese there is one man without saying anything he looks at me all the time maybe he s not getting any lovin nobody kissing on him tickled she can t contain herself and begins laughing aug 27 2024 me how are things going therese disturbing my favorite aid quit she decided it was too much she worked here 8 years therese this morning was a shower morning it s very hard it makes me more tired than if i do it myself me you look good today your color looks good therese thank you therese i can t get my jacket on can you help me therese you have a new hat me did you miss me therese yeah therese i felt like when i first came in here i just didn t want to be here i prayed at night that god would take me i don t know what happened overnight i just kept going so i am still here me you are not sure what your purpose is maybe god wanted you to live so you get to know me for my sake not yours she laughs hard and repeatedly therese if i go to bed tonight and god wants me to die i die if i get up in the morning therese one of the aids said i am bossy i am not bossy it s just the way i talk you try so hard to be nice and you don t feel like being nice at all therese i slept late i was so tired therese i thought he s not going to come today anyway theres i must have fallen asleep i was really surprised when you showed up therese please wake me if you come and i am asleep i can always sleep but i can t always talk to somebody i told several people that please don t let me sleep therese aren t those pretty cherry trees me i think they are called redbuds therese i call them flowering crabs this day we talk about everything marriage children grandchildren her faith therese so why do you keep coming to see me me i get to come over here and tell you how much i love you and how much i love seeing you therese i really appreciate it me i really love seeing you you are my friend therese yes good friend somebody said you are my boyfriend i said no he has a wife me i thank god that he gives me the time and mental space to come see you therese thank you me we should all take time to love each other sept 14 2024 therese i was hoping you were going to come a little later because one of my sons came by yesterday me it is 82 degrees and might rain later maybe me you look good today healthy today therese did i ever me well you look like you have adjusted more made this home pictures on the wall new plants therese when they tell you that you are not ever going home again me have you had breakfast therese the helper said i already had my breakfast i said i know i didn t go to the dining room and i should know if i ate or not me last time i was here i met a lady named patty and she was out front crying because she missed her parents she was a sweet young lady therese what was her story me i don t yet but i am going to find out you know me she laughs me we leave no story unturned today her voice is faint and i sit close to hear her i share with her what assignments i am working on she wants to know the details i share about my brother who lives in arizona we talk about her family rick and beck the rest of her children and grandchildren she tells me how beck and rick met and how she met her husband ray we talk about her recent dreams of golfing with ray me do you ever think about how you want people to remember you therese no i never felt i did anything so spectacular that they would remember me therese why do you keep coming to see me why me me are you complaining isn t it nice to have a stranger love you it is a reciprocal relationship we both benefit from our visits and because you re my friend and i love you we built a true friendship of trust and sharing haven t we therese yes me do you want me to rub your feet therese no they are too sore me besides if you need someone to say something nice about you i can do that too therese what would you say me i would say miss therese is a lovely lady and a lovely friend who takes a little while to get to know but once you know her there is a sweet and beautiful kindness you remind me of what a friend said about the women in israel they can be prickly on the outside but sweet on the inside me i think you are sweeter now than you have ever been and shouldn t it be that way shouldn t we get sweeter with age therese oh really me i think i am sweeter now than i have ever been too because i have been given enough time to learn what s of value what is important therese you re the kind of guy that notices these things others would not me i think that god gave me a compassionate heart that i could see you therese i don t think he has that in line tickled she can t contain herself and begins laughing we talk for over an hour and our conversation leads to burial me when i die i would like to be buried in one of those natural garden places where the bugs and worms eat me she laughs and laughs therese i ve been debating that for a long time how to be buried whether i want an open casket therese how long if they go to a morgue would they leave the body me i don t have that answer therese what happened to you do you know how long that is a month whenever you went to denver you didn t even talk to me about the baseball game me have you ever wondered why we became friends me maybe we are where we are supposed to be maybe you need to me more experiences to teach you more patience maybe i need you to help me maybe we need each other therese i don t know how i could both of us laugh me i guarantee you you are more patient now than when i first met you you didn t know me me i think the loving side of you came out because you don t have control you have to depend on other people isn t that true theresa yeah yeah therese i was so totally independent then all of a sudden you can t go to the bathroom by yourself me so maybe that s part of the lesson i share with her how my father was independent and could be stubborn even mean until he was no longer able to care for himself in his final years he was much kinder and tolerant i never thought his pride would allow him be helped by his children therese slips back to her complaining self she is working on overcoming therese the men here are so crabby there isn t a nice man in here there is one man without saying anything he looks at me all the time her face contorts me maybe he s not getting any lovin nobody kissing on him tickled she can t contain herself and begins laughing therese i don t think that s it jan 28 2025 me is there a stranger behind you therese i don t know who is behind me me a stranger who you haven t seen in forever i was in california the past 6 weeks therese oh david oh my goodness david i thought about you so much my heart melts with her sincere and unusual outburst of emotion as she reaches for my hand therese i wondered what happened to you after you quit coming i thought well one of these days he will walk in me thank you therese i thought you moved away i have a son that moved out to montana he bought 20 acres and built a house me you ve had a birthday since i last saw you i am so glad to see you are doing well therese was better more lucid than when i left in early december must have changed meds she was not as confused me how is your foot therese if i could get this leg walking i would go back anytime had i not fallen i would still be there and it was such a simple fall me isn t it crazy how a small thing can change your life i pushed her out to a table eat lunch feb 1 2025 me i don t know how much time god gives either one of us but we should take advantage of the time we have and seeing you is an important part of my life i love seeing you it fills something within me as long as god lets me i ll keep doing it me i would rather talk about christ than about anyone or anything else but photography has always been the door the apostle paul made tents photography has been my tent making photography and writing is what i do but it s not who i am i reassured therese that her life had been important and one of service me you ve had a lovely life and you have a lovely life now every day we should thank god that we have what we have therese yes she whispers her voice is faint i am holding her hand and move very close to hear me you raised smart and loving children and now you have me to balance that out she laughs therese what they did on their own was their own me the way people stay positive whatever happens in their life they take it in stride i can t change it so i am going to be thankful and i am going to deal with whatever i have tears in her eyes she confesses not expressing her emotions to her children was one of the few things she said she...