Strange Phone Call
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203452)
Nashville, Tennessee
September 16, 2019 8:56am CST
Some of you know about the daily conversations I have with my 90 year old dear uncle.
Early this morning he called me. A little unsettling as I always call him.
He told me he was waiting as his number has just been called. Tried talking to him asking if he had been dreaming again.
He was very adamant about his thoughts. He is waiting and ready. Here I am 500 miles away. I told him I loved him and would call him later.
Very sad when our loved ones start to give up.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
16 Sep 19
It is sad when our elderly relatives start to give up. Hope when you call him he's more lucid and that he was just dreaming.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
16 Sep 19
@CarolDM it's not easy being so far away from your uncle. I feel the same way when I call my aunt who is 95 and lives alone
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Sep 19
@Marilynda1225 It was the same with my Dad but luckily I was there when he passed.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48997)
• United States
17 Sep 19
I know it must be hard being so far from him.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48997)
• United States
17 Sep 19
@CarolDM I mostly listen to mine too.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Sep 19
@Tampa_girl7 It is all we can do but I think it means the world to them.
@wolfgirl569 (95226)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Sep 19
So sorry. It could have been a very real like dream.
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@wolfgirl569 (95226)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Sep 19
@CarolDM Hopefully your uncle is just missing his wife when he is talking like that. 
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
16 Sep 19
my heart aches fer ya, hon. sadly once their minds're made, lil can be done to change such. 1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
16 Sep 19
I'm sorry to hear that he may be starting to lose a grip of reality. He's lucky that he has you to call him and talk to him on a regular basis. He lives alone?
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@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
16 Sep 19
@CarolDM I'm glad he's not totally alone.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Sep 19
It has been gradual and it breaks my heart every time I hear him as he was always in charge and control of everything around him. Such a strong man. He lives alone but has his wife's daughters check on him and an aide, and a retired nurse recently started staying a few days and nights a week.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82010)
• Rupert, Idaho
17 Sep 19
I am sorry to hear that, it can be scary, and sad when they talk like that. My great-grandmother gets like that too
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82010)
• Rupert, Idaho
18 Sep 19
@CarolDM I can imagine....I am sorry to hear that though
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
16 Sep 19
You are probably the only one calling him. It is sweet of you to do so.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
16 Sep 19
I'm sorry, I know how much he means to you. =(
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
16 Sep 19
It is very hard when we have to see the deterioration of our loved ones. I hope it was just a passing moment.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Sep 19
Sounds like his mind is going. Its so sad.
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