{"id":63905,"date":"2026-06-27T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=63905"},"modified":"2026-06-27T08:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:20:18","slug":"marys-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=63905","title":{"rendered":"Mary’s Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tara suggested I write down what Mary’s been doing as a way to assess what I might need in the future. That’s what this is. It’s also a thank you to Mary for all she’s done.<\/p>\n

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  1. Here 24\/7.<\/li>\n
  2. Makes coffee. Heats (if needed) breakfast entree. Makes toast. Plates fruit. On tray. Brings all downstairs. Retrieves trays, returns upstairs.<\/li>\n
  3. Similarly for lunch and dinner.<\/li>\n
  4. Often lets Shadow in and out.<\/li>\n
  5. Gets mail\/packages<\/li>\n
  6. Walks and exercises with me<\/li>\n
  7. Attends medical appointments (not as driver)<\/li>\n
  8. Companionship during the day.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Without her I do all this myself. A lot. She’s helped me past a tough time.<\/p>\n

    Mary. If you think of other things, please tell me.<\/p>\n

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    Tara suggested I write down what Mary’s been doing as a way to assess what I might need in the future. That’s what this is. It’s also a thank you to Mary for all she’s done. Here 24\/7. Makes coffee. Heats (if needed) breakfast entree. Makes toast. Plates fruit. On tray. Brings all downstairs. Retrieves … Continue reading Mary’s Work<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63906,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63905\/revisions\/63906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}