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June Donohue
Posted 2/11/22

Recently I’ve gotten some great feedback from people who I’ve texted or called. One from a friend who is not only taking care of her husband who has Alzheimer’s, but about two weeks …

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Recently I’ve gotten some great feedback from people who I’ve texted or called. One from a friend who is not only taking care of her husband who has Alzheimer’s, but about two weeks ago tested positive for Covid.

Her husband can’t figure out why they are not going out in the car every day as they usually do. When she tells him it’s because she's sick he doesn't believe her, saying if she was sick she’d be in bed.

That’s impossible for her since she still has to take care of him and herself. Fortunately she only has a mild case of it, since she was vaccinated and also got the booster.

She tells me that it really helps her to get calls from me and we even share a few laughs.

Another friend who is dealing with a wife who has some mental issues and also has financial problems, looks forward to reading my columns and tells me how lucky I am to have a column, a house in the country and one in New Jersey with a cat to keep me company.

Even though he is much younger than I, and lives 3 1/2 hours away, we keep in constant touch through phone calls, which helps us both.

Another friend and I, who is dealing with Parkinson's and severe vision loss, both enjoy our phone conversations because he and his wife and Jim and I used to take many trips together so we have a lot of pleasant memories to share.

After one conversation that lasted almost two hours, Charlie said he had never been on the phone that long with anyone, including his deceased wife, which gave us both a much needed chuckle.

My former handyman, needs a lot of encouragement right now because he has terminal cancer. In the past he gave me credit for helping to extend his life.

Bobby is inclined to exaggerate. Now he constantly expresses his gratitude when I have food delivered to his house where he is homebound, and also when I call to see how he is doing.

Neither he, his doctor, nor I expected him to last this long.

There are many other friends I keep in touch with and it may be due to the pandemic that they express so much gratitude when I call. So if you want a feel-good feeling, reach out and touch someone.

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