Friendships are special beyond words. Thank you friends for all your thoughts to me. I appreciate you very much.

Does being married forty years tell you what love is? Not really.

At some point in time, a poet or poetess tries to duplicte a successful poem. This is my attempt to do that. I had many people read my poem "This is You", which was written by me on this site on October 6, 2008 of last year. See if you see a resemblance in the two pieces to tell me, if you would, please.

Keeping it to yourself.

The following poem is from a collection of 41 written by me to try describing Huntington’s Disease (HD).

There’s a book called “Hurry up and wait” wtritten by Jimmy Pollard. It’s a bible for all those caring for HD patients!

The title sums up one of the key characteristics of HD patients in that they psychologically do not understand how to wait anymore. This poem tries to convey how grinding it can be for the carer.

Don’t let a few butterflies put you off.

The following poem is from a collection of 41 written by me to try describing Huntington’s Disease (HD).

This is another one of my poems that could so easily be taken as applicable to caring in the generic sense.

This poem tries to convey the frustration held by many where society does not see "caring" of loved ones in the home as a job worthy of recognition. It’s sad that when our loved ones die and we no longer have a role, we not only have to cope with grief but have to start all over from scratch again.

It often means having given up careers and our own sense of identity. However, we have just had the toughest job in the world, somehow survived, but have nothing to show for it!

The following poem is from a collection of 41 written by me to try describing Huntington’s Disease (HD).

There are many good hospitals and nursing homes, and there are many bad hospitals and nursing homes. I shall leave it at that.

The following poem is from a collection of 41 written by me to try describing Huntington’s Disease (HD).

Here I have broached the hard subject of us carers really knowing what our charges want. There’s a fine line between what the person themselves want, and what the carer thinks is best for them. That is true of any carer situation but, with HD, there is even more danger in dismissing the person’s real wishes and needs.

Things have changed.