tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post2966768731723124305..comments2024-02-11T00:20:16.619-08:00Comments on Robin Chapman News: Nursing Home CharactersRobin Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10503563386747084298noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-32485244875438163182009-12-01T21:10:15.259-08:002009-12-01T21:10:15.259-08:00Thanks for your comments EA. I often look at the ...Thanks for your comments EA. I often look at the old people around me as I help my Dad with his breakfast and think, "There goes a woman who was a model once, and there, a man who saved lives as a doctor, and there, a couple who escaped the Holocaust and who now cry for help from the nurses." It has been sobering to realize that we all end up as wrecks ... and that all our stuff ceases to be important. More reason than ever to live one's life with no regrets ... so I'm lucky that I've been able to be here and resolve so many of my own difficulties with my parents in this final act of their lives.Robin Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503563386747084298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-91181442328489123822009-11-23T08:53:29.987-08:002009-11-23T08:53:29.987-08:00Stumbled (don't we all) my way to here. What a...Stumbled (don't we all) my way to here. What a moving tribute to what must be a heart rendering time for you. I'm afraid, under the circumstances, I would stay locked in the second stage of grief. <br /><br />Feel the need to mention, too, the synchronized lament of "help." It's as though she's taken on an honesty and authenticity that manners and etiquette once denied her.<br /><br />Several years in LA, I was in a facility much like what you describe, when I took a friend to the Motion Picture facility out in Woodland Hills, I think it was, for an emergency treatment on her eye. I could literally feel the memories and nostalgia from all these shriveled little bodies being wheeled about. People, who, in their heyday, appeared before and behind cameras as actors, producers, stage hands, lighting technicians, etc. What stories they could tell.<br /><br />My thoughts go out to you.Errant Aesthetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618929624889945881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-79802609178790635532009-11-08T07:30:59.717-08:002009-11-08T07:30:59.717-08:00Hey, that is great! I had a break between caregivi...Hey, that is great! I had a break between caregiving assignments ("Hey! I'm sick! Feed me!" "No, over here! I'm sicker! Go to the store for ME!") and I played with the comment section a bit to see what was wrong with it, as another friend told me she was having trouble too. I think the answer is that it needs simplifying. But at least we've come up with a temporary solution. (The "choose an identity" list is always a bit of a challenge: hmm, I wonder what that means? Didn't know I had choices. Think I'll be Penelope Cruz today.)Robin Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503563386747084298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-41681139262714338112009-11-07T12:39:24.244-08:002009-11-07T12:39:24.244-08:00By George, we've got it. I guess I assumed th...By George, we've got it. I guess I assumed that we had to include our webpage (which is Jon Gnagy, of course). But now I see that it says "optional." As I used to tell my students: "Read the instructions!"Thadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-74324850913722431822009-11-07T12:37:47.933-08:002009-11-07T12:37:47.933-08:00Thanks for your advice about the Name/URL button. ...Thanks for your advice about the Name/URL button. Let's see if THIS works!Florida Seymoursnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-40938885995786371202009-11-07T07:19:55.973-08:002009-11-07T07:19:55.973-08:00It is kind of interesting to have JGn as your &quo...It is kind of interesting to have JGn as your "comment identity." I've been trying to figure out how to link my two pages into one for Google Analytics, but one day I put in the HTML code to do that and my analytics report didn't work at all. There are always quirks in these programs. Anyway I enjoyed reading the different pieces on your Site about Polly's father.Robin Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503563386747084298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-38839922711297127242009-11-07T03:27:34.883-08:002009-11-07T03:27:34.883-08:00Thanks for your note on the Jon Gnagy website Gues...Thanks for your note on the Jon Gnagy website Guestbook. Some time ago I set up the "Jon Gnagy's Portfolio" blog, intending (as I still do) to have a more flexible (and contemporary) outlet for news and information about Jonnie. I still plan to get around to it, since the webpage is nearly fifteen years (!) old. I updated it a few years ago to add the YouTube lessons, but otherwise it is the same as it was in 1996, when I constructed it with HTML. I have tried to establish another "handle" for leaving comments on your blog ("Florida Seymours"), but I can't get that to work. It keeps coming back to "Jon Gnagy's Portfolio." I finally gave up.Jon Gnagy's Portfoliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270511097873733450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-64838544956763637222009-11-04T14:40:24.868-08:002009-11-04T14:40:24.868-08:00Sometimes I have to write about what is going on s...Sometimes I have to write about what is going on so that I can understand it. Yesterday when I wrote I was so tired of sick people, and today my understanding returned in a rush. Ah what a process!Robin Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503563386747084298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-5308877603960002142009-11-04T03:34:44.759-08:002009-11-04T03:34:44.759-08:00Your entries are so tender, Robin. You write with...Your entries are so tender, Robin. You write with great sensitivity and a perceptive eye for detail. I look forward to each one. Your insights are a great gift to the rest of us. Thank you! Our love to you and your family during these trying days. Thad (and Polly, too)Jon Gnagy's Portfoliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270511097873733450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-53019693099151001192009-11-03T19:42:10.614-08:002009-11-03T19:42:10.614-08:00I think you're right and I think today I was j...I think you're right and I think today I was just angry at them both for being sick! I wanted them to both get well and stop bothering me!Robin Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503563386747084298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1232112655035482837.post-41383540624234130592009-11-03T16:31:35.134-08:002009-11-03T16:31:35.134-08:00Stress shows up in different ways. So maybe it...Stress shows up in different ways. So maybe it's just the way G's body is reacting to the stress and worry.Devon C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17725544591566326697noreply@blogger.com