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Bereavement

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts) Sat May 16, 2015, 03:16 AM May 2015

Dad's Memorial Service

was today. I held up fairly well considering until they played Taps. It broke my brother up which broke my usually stoic mother up.

This was my first trip except to doctors and therapy in 9 months because of the stroke.

I never thought I would be going to Dad's service in a wheel chair.

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Oh my dear ohheckyeah... CaliforniaPeggy May 2015 #1

Vibes applegrove May 2015 #2

Hugs... murielm99 May 2015 #3

I will. ohheckyeah May 2015 #4

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,682 posts)

1. Oh my dear ohheckyeah...

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Sat May 16, 2015, 12:08 PM

May 2015

applegrove

(118,759 posts)

2. Vibes

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Sat May 16, 2015, 02:22 PM

May 2015

murielm99

(30,755 posts)

3. Hugs...

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Sat May 16, 2015, 03:05 PM

May 2015

Keep up your therapy. Keep getting out and about. Interacting with other people will help.

My brother had a stroke at fifty-one. He has a numb spot on one leg and part of one forearm. Other than that, he recovered completely.
Mourn, but set a goal to recover physically as much as possible. Our bodies have remarkable recuperative properties.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

4. I will.

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #3)

Sat May 16, 2015, 06:37 PM

May 2015

Thanks. I found out I could use a walker today.

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