Re: from squarehead ken..I feel as tho I am losing it!/more ideas

[Guest guest]

These are very good ideas.

Ken, you could also volunteer to teach someone English. Many communities

have both formal and informal programs through which you can be trained

(though not required for all types of programs) and matched with a student

who needs your help.

The students may be recent immigrants or people who have lived in the US

their whole lives but don't know how to read or write English.

Often, if you are open to it, the student can come to your home for

instruction.

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] from squarehead ken..I feel as tho I am losing

it!/more ideas

>

> More ideas for everyone ...

>

> Audio books ... books on CD from the library, too! You can listen while

> you crochet!

>

> Another craft that's fun and can be very useful is t-shirt painting.

> Little girls especially love shirts with flowers and animals ... if you

> have some little girls in the family somewhere ... wives love them, too.

> Just takes some fabric paint and iron-on patterns (or you can free hand)

> and it can keep you occupied all day long. You can use the tubes if

> you've got enough hand strength or squirt the paint onto a paper plate and

> use brushes that fit your hands better. (and the paint covers stains

> really well!) Works on pillow cases & towels & tote bags & aprons ....

>

> Hugs

> Pattie

>

>

> Suzanne Langford <jus4suz2002@...> wrote:

>

> I'm new to all this and am feeling your pain. I have a wonderful loving

> husband. I don't know how you believe, but God can get you through this.

> There is a reason you are still around, he still has plans for you, if

> it's just to be an inspiration to others. Have your wife go to the

> library and find some books for you. The Purpose Driven Life is

> wonderful. She could find anything from Westerns to mysteries to

> biographies, the list is endless. I'm reading a biography on Hillary

> Clinton now and it is hilarious. She was and still is a MESS. There are

> all kinds of movies, too, she can get from the library. You are in my

> prayers.

>

> kenneth samuelsen <squarehead52@...> wrote:I am sorry that I haven't

> posted lately. I feel as tho my self worth is at an end.and there is no

> reason to go on any longer.I cannot even force myself to get up in the

> mornings, anymore. My poor wife is almost always gone,every day ,for long

> periods, and tonight she has a " sleep over " care case, and will not return

> till the morning. Sometimes I just sit and cry for no reason at all.No one

> ever visits me,no one ever calls me, I don't have any friends. Except for

> you all. I haven't even been in touch with Pat, to tell her I am glad she

> got the afgan we made forher.I think I am losing it. I can't even get out

> of the house, because my wife needs my truck, and I do not begrudge her

> that, because I love her so much, but I can't even afford a cheap van I

> can roll my wheel chair in, so I spend day after day in the house, and

> lately I have been asking myself why even bother...there is no where to

> go. so I sit here, hiding from it all....I am

> sorry to have troubled you all. I just had to get

> it out. I feel so useless, and unloved...except for my wife. she loves me

> so much, and works so hard....yet, I am " losing it. " what to do?

> ken

[Guest guest]

These are very good ideas.

Ken, you could also volunteer to teach someone English. Many communities

have both formal and informal programs through which you can be trained

(though not required for all types of programs) and matched with a student

who needs your help.

The students may be recent immigrants or people who have lived in the US

their whole lives but don't know how to read or write English.

Often, if you are open to it, the student can come to your home for

instruction.

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] from squarehead ken..I feel as tho I am losing

it!/more ideas

>

> More ideas for everyone ...

>

> Audio books ... books on CD from the library, too! You can listen while

> you crochet!

>

> Another craft that's fun and can be very useful is t-shirt painting.

> Little girls especially love shirts with flowers and animals ... if you

> have some little girls in the family somewhere ... wives love them, too.

> Just takes some fabric paint and iron-on patterns (or you can free hand)

> and it can keep you occupied all day long. You can use the tubes if

> you've got enough hand strength or squirt the paint onto a paper plate and

> use brushes that fit your hands better. (and the paint covers stains

> really well!) Works on pillow cases & towels & tote bags & aprons ....

>

> Hugs

> Pattie

>

>

> Suzanne Langford <jus4suz2002@...> wrote:

>

> I'm new to all this and am feeling your pain. I have a wonderful loving

> husband. I don't know how you believe, but God can get you through this.

> There is a reason you are still around, he still has plans for you, if

> it's just to be an inspiration to others. Have your wife go to the

> library and find some books for you. The Purpose Driven Life is

> wonderful. She could find anything from Westerns to mysteries to

> biographies, the list is endless. I'm reading a biography on Hillary

> Clinton now and it is hilarious. She was and still is a MESS. There are

> all kinds of movies, too, she can get from the library. You are in my

> prayers.

>

> kenneth samuelsen <squarehead52@...> wrote:I am sorry that I haven't

> posted lately. I feel as tho my self worth is at an end.and there is no

> reason to go on any longer.I cannot even force myself to get up in the

> mornings, anymore. My poor wife is almost always gone,every day ,for long

> periods, and tonight she has a " sleep over " care case, and will not return

> till the morning. Sometimes I just sit and cry for no reason at all.No one

> ever visits me,no one ever calls me, I don't have any friends. Except for

> you all. I haven't even been in touch with Pat, to tell her I am glad she

> got the afgan we made forher.I think I am losing it. I can't even get out

> of the house, because my wife needs my truck, and I do not begrudge her

> that, because I love her so much, but I can't even afford a cheap van I

> can roll my wheel chair in, so I spend day after day in the house, and

> lately I have been asking myself why even bother...there is no where to

> go. so I sit here, hiding from it all....I am

> sorry to have troubled you all. I just had to get

> it out. I feel so useless, and unloved...except for my wife. she loves me

> so much, and works so hard....yet, I am " losing it. " what to do?

> ken

[Guest guest]

That's a GREAT idea, . I used to do that when I was in high

school. I taught english to new immigrants. I found that to be

very rewarding and I made a lot of new friends in the process!!

It's definately worth a try, Ken!!...Marina

> These are very good ideas.

>

> Ken, you could also volunteer to teach someone English. Many

communities

> have both formal and informal programs through which you can be

trained

> (though not required for all types of programs) and matched with a

student

> who needs your help.

>

> The students may be recent immigrants or people who have lived in

the US

> their whole lives but don't know how to read or write English.

>

> Often, if you are open to it, the student can come to your home

for

> instruction.

>

>

>

> Not an MD

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

>

[Guest guest]

That's a GREAT idea, . I used to do that when I was in high

school. I taught english to new immigrants. I found that to be

very rewarding and I made a lot of new friends in the process!!

It's definately worth a try, Ken!!...Marina

> These are very good ideas.

>

> Ken, you could also volunteer to teach someone English. Many

communities

> have both formal and informal programs through which you can be

trained

> (though not required for all types of programs) and matched with a

student

> who needs your help.

>

> The students may be recent immigrants or people who have lived in

the US

> their whole lives but don't know how to read or write English.

>

> Often, if you are open to it, the student can come to your home

for

> instruction.

>

>

>

> Not an MD

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

>