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		<title>Getting Ready for Mardi Gras</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe this is going to be my 6th Mardi Gras season here. We just re-financed out home, and &#8220;permanent resident of the greater New Orleans area&#8221; has a nice ring to it! Coming out of my fog from my dad passing, I realize I have so much to do to get ready for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2012/01/27/getting-ready-for-mardi-gras/</link>
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		<title>Caregiver Void</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caregiver: a person who provides direct care (as for children, elderly people, or the chronically ill) Void: an empty space; emptiness My father passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 8th, 2012 as a direct result of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease. For the 6 months leading up to his death, we took him into our home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2012/01/20/caregiver-void/</link>
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		<title>Mensch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sure how it happened, but somehow my entire life I have been blessed to be in the presence of many men who could unequivocally be called a &#8220;Mensch.&#8221; So&#8230;what is a Mensch you might ask? Jewish Healing pretty much sums it up by saying: A mensch literally means &#8220;a person&#8221; in Yiddish, but figuratively [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2012/01/13/mensch/</link>
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		<title>Memories Linger On Forever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past 6 months, I, along with my loving husband and 3 wonderful children, had the honor of caring for my father, Sherman Marcus on the final leg of his life journey. Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease is difficult, but we all made the best of it each and every day, spending quality time with him, smiling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2012/01/09/memories-linger-on-forever/</link>
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		<title>Hospice, Dying and Smiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are all going to die &#8211; how, where, why and when are the unknown we live with from day to day. Dying naturally does not have to be depressing, sad maybe (if you choose to see it that way)&#8230;but not depressing. This is why we are reminded over and over throughout our life to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2012/01/05/hospice-dying-and-smiles/</link>
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		<title>Alzheimer&#8217;s and Houdini Magic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Dad&#8217;s new addition to his face, compliments of his Houdini abilities! Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease is by far the most unpredictable thing I have ever encountered (besides my mood off my hormones LOL). I look at all the stages that have been studied and seem to have created some new classifications via Dad &#8211; Zaydeh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2012/01/02/alzheimers-and-houdini-magic/</link>
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		<title>The Zaydeh Zone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Dad, known as Zeydeh to everyone (Jewish Grandfather for you slow kids), has happily entered in his Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease, what we now refer to as the &#8220;Zaydeh Zone.&#8221; In a previous post I wrote about his end of life &#8220;working.&#8221; The &#8220;working&#8221; post was referring to him overriding all his sleep medications and staying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2011/12/29/the-zaydeh-zone/</link>
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		<title>10 Things I Have Learned About Hospice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep, we are in full-swing with the &#8220;H&#8221; word and things are running as smoothly as possible. My previous post on hospice (a damn good post if I must say so myself &#8211; so go read it!) talked about how I would embrace it and not fear it when it came. Dad turned 83 on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2011/12/23/10-things-i-have-learned-about-hospice/</link>
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		<title>Singing Ay-oh, Spin the Dreidel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From my house to yours &#8211; Happy Hannukah! Thanks to Barbara Miller for this one:) Related Posts:Disney&#8217;s: The Muppets (2011 movie)Jack Lalanne: Be Happy!Brains, moods and Alzheimer&#8217;sThe 12 Yats of ChristmasHappy Eastover]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2011/12/20/singing-ay-oh-spin-the-dreidel/</link>
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		<title>End of Life Alzheimer&#8217;s Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dad is sinking more and more into his happy world and away from us. I view Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease as a process of unlearning and unpredictable firing of the brain. As time goes on, his brain may have unlearned many of the things we take for granted, such as chewing food or putting on glasses, while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kissmygumbo.com/2011/12/13/end-of-life-alzheimers-work/</link>
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