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Between November 2003 and December 2005 I necessarily became a
caregiver, joining the legions of older American women who have cared for
their partners through the final years and months of their lives. We have a
deep satisfaction that comes from having fulfilled our commitment; wearing,
taxing, exhausting as it was.
Volunteers are a blessing, but the time comes when they are no longer up to
the task, or the patient’s condition negates them. Then it becomes a
frighteningly solitary task for the responsible spouse (more than 60 percent of
the time the woman). The next fact is that little or no attention is given to the
caregiver as the medical world and most of the support both focus on the
dying. This record emphasizes how little time the caregiver has to spend on
one's self, be it either a man or woman. And how that lack of attention hastens
the decline and demise of the caregiver.
caregiver, joining the legions of older American women who have cared for
their partners through the final years and months of their lives. We have a
deep satisfaction that comes from having fulfilled our commitment; wearing,
taxing, exhausting as it was.
Volunteers are a blessing, but the time comes when they are no longer up to
the task, or the patient’s condition negates them. Then it becomes a
frighteningly solitary task for the responsible spouse (more than 60 percent of
the time the woman). The next fact is that little or no attention is given to the
caregiver as the medical world and most of the support both focus on the
dying. This record emphasizes how little time the caregiver has to spend on
one's self, be it either a man or woman. And how that lack of attention hastens
the decline and demise of the caregiver.
Price: $9.00 plus S&H
WAVES, WAACs WACs, SPARs, Army Nurses, a Cadet Nurse and a MARINE
share their memories of boot camp or basic training as well as a few
hilarious incidents during off-duty times.
History comes alive as these ladies - all now in their late 70s to mid-80s -
take a memory trip back to where they served during World War II. Follow
one Army Nurse to Europe and the other to Alaska, then the Philippines.
Laugh with the WAC who gave title to the book. Learn what travel was like
for ladies on a troop train.
But most of all, sense the attitude of purpose in all of these stories told by
these WWII lady vets. And, admire the First Female Army Bugler who still
serves by playing Taps at veteran’s funerals.
share their memories of boot camp or basic training as well as a few
hilarious incidents during off-duty times.
History comes alive as these ladies - all now in their late 70s to mid-80s -
take a memory trip back to where they served during World War II. Follow
one Army Nurse to Europe and the other to Alaska, then the Philippines.
Laugh with the WAC who gave title to the book. Learn what travel was like
for ladies on a troop train.
But most of all, sense the attitude of purpose in all of these stories told by
these WWII lady vets. And, admire the First Female Army Bugler who still
serves by playing Taps at veteran’s funerals.
NEW
| A collection of the experiences, in their own words of 16 military women from all branches of the service during WWII. – In Their Own Words – Edited by Margaret P. Lutz, WAVE |
Price: $15 plus S&H
| As the author of “I’m Too Tired to Cut the Rhubarb” I have recorded my husband’s last eight months of life, the ongoing internal monologue of my innermost thoughts, the way I confronted my new duty of thinking for, and deciding everything for someone else. Also, I have chronicled my own physical and emotional decline to an unknown depth. My story has taken the form of an 80-page self-published read intended to give credence and stature to the role of caregiver-the job so in need of recognition, understanding and support. |
"NEVER SALUTE WITH A BROKEN GARTER" is a collection of Peggy Lutz's
memories between the years of 1944 and 1946, primarily recounting life
of a young woman doing her part for the War effort as a US Navy WAVE.
Women Accepted for Volunteer Service, or WAVES, was a fully pledged and
uniformed auxiliary attached to the US Navy only during WWII. They
performed most of the same stateside assignments as their male
counterparts.
Because very little has been written about these women in uniform Lutz
explains that her hope is that "NEVER SALUTE WITH A BROKEN GARTER" will
shed some light on "all the little threads that made up the fabric of military
life for a woman between 1944 and 1946."
memories between the years of 1944 and 1946, primarily recounting life
of a young woman doing her part for the War effort as a US Navy WAVE.
Women Accepted for Volunteer Service, or WAVES, was a fully pledged and
uniformed auxiliary attached to the US Navy only during WWII. They
performed most of the same stateside assignments as their male
counterparts.
Because very little has been written about these women in uniform Lutz
explains that her hope is that "NEVER SALUTE WITH A BROKEN GARTER" will
shed some light on "all the little threads that made up the fabric of military
life for a woman between 1944 and 1946."
| Never Salute with a Broken Garter offers a tell-all tale of firsthand WWII experiences, some of them depicting the Oregon coast civilian Homefront, but most of them about her time in the military service. |
Price: $10 plus S&H
About the Author:
Peggy Lutz claims a "checkered" past that has resulted from working for more than
55 of her 85 years. She followed her curiosity to explore most of the unmentionable
number of different jobs she's held; then followed her husband to live in four states
because, she says, "he always took the furniture."
In a couple of decades as a 12th grade language arts, comp. and lit. teacher at
Myrtle Point, Taft, Springfield, Newberg and Sherwood, Oregon, schools she claims
some sort of memories of over 4500 students. Through the accommodation of the
Internet, a few have rediscovered her, much to her joy, as via email they replay life
way back in the sixties and seventies.
Life in the late lane, however, has been tamed by the recall and recording of not only
a stint in military uniform during WWII, but also the caregiver's role she has recently
played in her husband's final years. She now titles herself as a caregiver advocate,
working to make public the heavy load borne for indefinite length of time by
caregivers everywhere.
Peggy Lutz claims a "checkered" past that has resulted from working for more than
55 of her 85 years. She followed her curiosity to explore most of the unmentionable
number of different jobs she's held; then followed her husband to live in four states
because, she says, "he always took the furniture."
In a couple of decades as a 12th grade language arts, comp. and lit. teacher at
Myrtle Point, Taft, Springfield, Newberg and Sherwood, Oregon, schools she claims
some sort of memories of over 4500 students. Through the accommodation of the
Internet, a few have rediscovered her, much to her joy, as via email they replay life
way back in the sixties and seventies.
Life in the late lane, however, has been tamed by the recall and recording of not only
a stint in military uniform during WWII, but also the caregiver's role she has recently
played in her husband's final years. She now titles herself as a caregiver advocate,
working to make public the heavy load borne for indefinite length of time by
caregivers everywhere.
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