According to the findings of a Time/CNN survey conducted in 2000 (reported in Time Sept. 18, 2000: John Cloud's "A Kinder, Gentler Death"), "three-quarters of Americans die in some sort of medical institution, and a third of these have spent at least 10 days in an intensive-care unit. But 73 percent of Americans said they would prefer to die at ( Read more... )

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Well my online friends...hopefully you noticed I've been missing ( Read more... )

Last week I received a letter from my brother who is incarcerated for an arson that he committed at my house. He is a person with Schizophrenia. He lived with me (or on my property) for a few years. These were not pleasant days. His delusions always revolve around someone trying to infiltrate his thoughts, or alternately someone trying to read ( Read more... )

I have two of my grandchildren this week because their mom and dad are in Vegas. Hey, it's hard work, but somebody has got to do it. They are actually there on business (Tanyas) and the boys are glad to stay with me and I'm glad to have them ( Read more... )

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