Dear Eric: My husband sings at the top of his lungs to any song that is playing in a movie or a commercial or in the car or otherwise. It’s like nails on a chalkboard for me. I’ve tried telling him, but he takes offense. He tells me everyone tells him he has perfect pitch (he doesn’t), and it has come down to serious discord at times.
Dear Eric: How do you recommend dealing with a friend who often offers assistance but never follows through? By the way, cognitive or memory issues do not impact any other situations, and the offer does appear to be genuine.
Dear Eric: As a Spanish-American, my ancestors from Spain have resided in the United States since long before the first Thanksgiving.
A certain individual, let’s call him David, since that is his name, attended a reunion of his wife’s relatives. I undertake here to share some of his observations. His words.
Dear Eric: I’ve been married to a great guy for the better part of 30 years. We are empty nesters, and during Covid-19, I agreed to help my male cousin who became homeless.
Dear Eric: I was diagnosed some years ago with Alzheimer’s. My husband of 45 or so years is wonderful but even he and many of my friends do not understand that I no longer have choices. I know they all mean well, but I have always been a very social person. I love to sing, having taken two years of voice lessons. I love to dance and watch movies, do jigsaw puzzles, word search puzzles and more.
A few years ago, a little tree came up volunteer in the edge of the Secret Garden. We thought it interesting; the leaves were pretty and soon enough we were able to identify it as a rough leaf dogwood. Over time we found that it blooms profusely in the springtime, lovely white blossoms. We cultivated the tree, pruned it and took secret pride in its appearance.
We have looked at the teleportation of the boat and crew after the men took the Master into the vessel. We scarcely touched on the earlier account in the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, as the Feeding of the Multitude has been studied and rehearsed for us since our childhood.
Dear Eric: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom window. Now that it’s getting warmer, we like to sleep with the windows open to cool off the house at night. The rooster wakes up at 5:20 a.m., so now we do as well.
Dear Eric: I’m on a condo board with a couple of men who seem very controlling and regularly impugn my honesty. This is extremely uncomfortable. I’m not sure how to respond. For example, we had a meeting and one of them said we never have discussed these topics at this kind of meeting. I’m the secretary. I said look at last year’s special meeting after the annual election. You will see that we had some old business, new business and an executive session after the election of officers.