Hi Deborah, Yes you have my permission to quote anything I write as long as you add my name to it. I have shared my words with the hope of reaching as many people as possible with them so in repeating them you are helping me accomplish this. Thank you for your interest and for asking me first. Good luck with your book. Kelly Bby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Thanks alot Margie for posting it here as I never would have known it existed otherwise. It was only published last year so it is brand new... ..by Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
I do not remember who it was that posted here in the forum about this book by Joesph Monninger about a year ago to recommend it, but I would like to say thank you. I had written down the title and author and a year passed before I happened to be in a library about a month ago and requested it ordered in. I have just finished reading it and found it extremely powerful and very moving. One of mainby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Barb- You were bang on in what you said about "she probably has not been coping for a very long time, but using all her strength to try and cope, and now is letting go." That was exactly what she did. I have seen the same thing happen in friends of mine who have HD too. Well said. Colleen- I can relate to those "I just want my Mom days", I miss her too. Though with that beiby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Welcome to the forum Colleen. I know your 43 year old sister fairly well, because I look at her face in the mirror every morning. I am glad you have made it here for support there are alot of kind and companionate people here. I am sorry our oldest sister is breaking your heart right now. She went down hill at lightening speed and went from holding everything together all these years to her entiby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Thanks for all the positive feedback. Hello again Paula hows life been since I last spoke to you a few years back? For those who asked me questions- Alice- I am younger but not by too much I am 43. Barb-No, I am not living in Vancouver but I am still in BC. Smiling Sara wrote "Seems like you strike just the right balance between accepting, adapting, and fighting." You have quite a wby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Hi there, I just wanted to say an offical hello to all my old friends from the Lighthouse as well as my new friends here at the HDAC. I am glad to be back.How is everyone doing these days?by Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Melissa, I am glad you found what I wrote to be helpful. Living with HD can be very difficult, as you well know. But understanding what is happening makes it easier to accept when it happens. We can not accept what we can not understand... Thanks, Kelly Bby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
I realized I should have posted that comment here rather than on Marsha's Birthday thread. Thanks to each and every one of you for all the kind comments about my essay piece. Kelly Bby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Thanks Barb.by Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
I was very sorry to read about the loss of your wife Eric. I know how much she meant to you. My most sincere condolences... Kelly Bby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center
Happy Belated Birthday Marsha Lynn. In honor of your birthday I will make my first post on the HDAC to you. Thanks for being you and for our 13 year friendship. I am looking forward to connecting with my old friends here as well. And thank you to the people who made them for all the wonderful comments on my last written essay. Kelly Bby Kelly B - Huntington's Disease Support Center