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2000s 2010s Carer Coping End of Life Featured Marfan Snippets and Vignettes

The Craft Group and Caring for Terry

By Greg

This story took me longer to write than perhaps any other, but it was a tale I wanted to tell.

Thinking About Trenna

Trenna’s birthday has recently passed so obviously I started thinking about her. One thing that came to mind was the time she spent with our neighbour Terry, near the end of Terry’s life.

Terry

Terry, her husband Neil, and their young son Jason moved into the house on the corner, two doors up from us … Read the rest ... “The Craft Group and Caring for Terry”

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2000s 2010s Snippets and Vignettes

BABY ZARA HEIRLOOM BLANKET

By Greg, plus Trenna’s iPad document

2007

This story has it’s origin in 2007, or maybe earlier.

In the 2000s Trenna became part of a group of women from around the area – mainly in our street – who had formed a craft group. Trenna hadn’t been much of a craft person, but she was keen to be part of the community.

She had met most of the women before, but because of the group she developed a friendship with … Read the rest ... “BABY ZARA HEIRLOOM BLANKET”

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2010s Household Tips Snippets and Vignettes Visually Impaired

A Rug for Jack and Jade

by Trenna and Greg

To fully understand this post you are going to need to access the iPad document I have embedded above.

You won’t need to know much about crocheting, and you don’t need to read the whole document, provided you scan through the lot.

So what am I talking about?

Well. Some time, probably in September 2014 Trenna and I received the wonderful news that one of our 9 nieces was pregnant – congratulations again Jade.

Trenna decided … Read the rest ... “A Rug for Jack and Jade”