OCTOBER 2025 BLOG
(originally scheduled for May 2025)
Appreciation: A Haiku
Love it when the words
I have written are read and
Enjoyed by others.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(5/4/25)
My heart is now at rest. I did the best I could with what I had to work with. Now, I travel on – perhaps only a short ways, but I move forward – without guilt and without remorse. I will continue to live my life.
I have been caring for my husband for a couple of years. He suffered from many distressing symptoms, but even over all that time, no medical professional could put a name to his illnesses.
He declined rapidly after the Roswell Flood the night of October 19, 2024. The first diagnosis was PTSD.Then they said he was suffering from “Failure to Thrive”. Things pretty much went downhill from there.
On March 24, 2025 he passed away. Cause of Death officially proclaimed as End-Stage Cerebrovascular Disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Apparently, the almost imperceptible stroke he had November, 14, 2020 was far worse than anybody thought and no amount of treatment or care was going to affect the final outcome.
Basically, from that time one, he suffered synptoms that could have indicate “Lewy Body Dementia” or “FrontalTemporalLobe Dementia” (FTD).
No matter what actually caused his death, toward the end he went to bed and vitually stayed there, refusing to eat or engage in any activity at all. Not even a team of home nurse caretakers could help bring him out of his shell.
On a side note, this is the second time I have been widowed. I lost my first husband to lung cancer in 1981, I don’t think there will be a third time charm. I am content to live to live out the rest of my llife in Colorado, surrounded by my daughter and her family (and of course my faithful readers, if I have any left). I was originally going to post this in May of this year, but could not bring myself to push the button. I’m doing better now. Relocation is never easy, but it is taking absolutly forever to get everything straightened out. Especially required governemt documents for a valid Colorado ID. (I don’t drive anymore.) All my personal certificates (Birth, Death, Marriage, etc.) were lost in the flood. (The first anniversary of which is October 19th. I will not be celebrating.)
Once more, I am restarting my writing careet. Among items I found in storage, was a treasure trove of poetry and essays from my dystopian younger days. They will be published soon along with my many other works-in-progress.
As always, I welcome your reactions and responses to any of my blogs. I love to hear from my readers. Also, here are links to my Amazon, Twitter and Facebook pages, if you care to share your thoughts with me there or look for any publication announcements.
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Tomorrow is the 1st of October. The yeat is three-quarters over. It has been and unkind year so far. I don’t see it getting any kinder any time soon.
