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« Reply #420 on: May 04, 2011, 02:30:07 AM » |
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Cancer is cruel. It took my mother when she was 59. It spared my cousin, though--She got cancer at 16, but she's 61 or 62 now.
So true. My mom as well. She was just 3 days shy of her 64th birthday when she left us a little over 4 years ago.
My mom has been dead a long time now, but I still miss her. I can imagine how you feel when the passing of your mom is still relatively recent.
It was my Dad who died from cancer just 6 weeks after diagnosis. We never really recover from the loss of our parents and continue to miss them for the rest of our lives. My parents died within 3 months of each other in 2001 and early 2002 but it still seems like yesterday and I still have things I want to say to them. This is a little off topic, but then again our families are celebrities to us.
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« Reply #423 on: May 04, 2011, 11:05:34 AM » |
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Hi, Brian.
(You were in labor? Then I guess you are not really Brian-- ) I, too have had dreams in which the dead have appeared and somehow comforted me! It's a great feeling.
My mom was a celebrity--She was a champion marathon swimmer who got a key to the city eons ago. I still have left the crumbling newspaper article that she even had her photo in. Too bad my mom didn't cut out the date and name of the paper as well.
Oh, I guess I should've said 'manual' labor instead of 'physical'? What happened was later the same month my mom passed, there was a fire at my wife's brother's home. He got out okay but unfortunately lost a dog and a cat. The main structure had to come down but the two additions needed to be stripped or else they would've had to come down as well and he wanted to prevent that. So, for the better part of two days I was tearing out walls and ceilings; pulling out nails and staples, removing insulation and everything else you can think of. It was very tiring but there was a lot of us and we successful. He's since had the main structure rebuilt and the two additions redone and it looks better than before. That's very interesting about your mom. At least you have the newspaper. I'm wondering if, before there's any more potential damage, there's a way to preserve it? You've probably already thought of that, though, right? It is unfortunate about the date and name of the paper. Still, memories are priceless and we have those. Even when the occasional negative memory resurfaces I don't mind and don't dwell, just happy to even have the memory because it's better than not having it at all.
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« Reply #425 on: May 05, 2011, 07:57:14 AM » |
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« Reply #428 on: May 08, 2011, 11:07:44 PM » |
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« Reply #429 on: May 14, 2011, 08:37:20 PM » |
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Oh, I guess I should've said 'manual' labor instead of 'physical'? What happened was later the same month my mom passed, there was a fire at my wife's brother's home. He got out okay but unfortunately lost a dog and a cat. The main structure had to come down but the two additions needed to be stripped or else they would've had to come down as well and he wanted to prevent that. So, for the better part of two days I was tearing out walls and ceilings; pulling out nails and staples, removing insulation and everything else you can think of. It was very tiring but there was a lot of us and we successful. He's since had the main structure rebuilt and the two additions redone and it looks better than before.
That's very interesting about your mom. At least you have the newspaper. I'm wondering if, before there's any more potential damage, there's a way to preserve it? You've probably already thought of that, though, right? It is unfortunate about the date and name of the paper. Still, memories are priceless and we have those. Even when the occasional negative memory resurfaces I don't mind and don't dwell, just happy to even have the memory because it's better than not having it at all.
Sorry about the cat and the dog. I'm glad your wife's brother got out okay. Yes, I do have memories of my mom, and that's a blessing.
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« Reply #432 on: May 21, 2011, 03:59:13 PM » |
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