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July 31, 2003

Hi Aliceanne,

Good to have you back. Sorry that you had such a hard time with your mom. At

least you have yours around. I wish mine was here. I miss her. Anyway I was

out of work for a while, had problems with my computer, and then had a dickens

of a time getting connected with my DSL (last Sunday, I was on the phone for a

solid three hours with a DSL technician, but everything is okay now. A couple

of days ago my boss called me and I am back in business. It is a good thing I

don't have to live on what I make. This will keep me busy until I go on

vacation next Monday. I will be going up to Northern Idaho for two blessed

weeks.

Alice Sawyer wrote:

Got back Monday night but since retreat houses don't normally allow for

laundry facilities, I did the wash for two days straight. The retreat was

good for me but also stressful. I was strip searched at the airport due to

my brace. On Tuesday night mom attacked me asking me " , we used to

be friends, " grabbing my legs for dear life. She continued asking me why I

would not talk to her. I tried to explain it was 11 o'clock at night and I

was in no mood to sit and talk. But it was quite clear she was not going to

stop. Then on Wednesday, I had a monitor on her and I was at a conference

while she slept, we heard movement. I raced upstairs and by the time I got

there she was gone. One of the staff and myself searched like you would not

believe. We called the police. They unlocked everyone's door and we

searched. Found her sitting on the edge of a bed two doors down. She had

locked her self in and was enjoying trying on the size " 8 " shoe while she

wears a " 5 " . When the police opened the door she said, " My daughter won't

hurt me " . Then coming home it took 5 stewardesses and the two pilots to

get her out of the seat and on to a transport seat. She was not moving. She

was cursing me that I would let them hurt her. It was absolutely

awful. Thank God it was their last stop so they could go home and rest.

They were so sweet though. I was a wreck. She is still not situated. I

think this morning she is not as bad as the last two days though. Thanks

for your help. I hope to wade through my e mails today.

Margaret, would you put me back on regular e mail reception? Any word on

your parents?

Aliceanne

July 31, 2003

Welcome back Aliceanne. I'm so sorry to hear how difficult it's been with your

mom. Both

of you are in my prayers.

Robyn

I'm back

> Got back Monday night but since retreat houses don't normally allow for

> laundry facilities, I did the wash for two days straight. The retreat was

> good for me but also stressful. I was strip searched at the airport due to

> my brace. On Tuesday night mom attacked me asking me " , we used to

> be friends, " grabbing my legs for dear life. She continued asking me why I

> would not talk to her. I tried to explain it was 11 o'clock at night and I

> was in no mood to sit and talk. But it was quite clear she was not going to

> stop. Then on Wednesday, I had a monitor on her and I was at a conference

> while she slept, we heard movement. I raced upstairs and by the time I got

> there she was gone. One of the staff and myself searched like you would not

> believe. We called the police. They unlocked everyone's door and we

> searched. Found her sitting on the edge of a bed two doors down. She had

> locked her self in and was enjoying trying on the size " 8 " shoe while she

> wears a " 5 " . When the police opened the door she said, " My daughter won't

> hurt me " . Then coming home it took 5 stewardesses and the two pilots to

> get her out of the seat and on to a transport seat. She was not moving. She

> was cursing me that I would let them hurt her. It was absolutely

> awful. Thank God it was their last stop so they could go home and rest.

> They were so sweet though. I was a wreck. She is still not situated. I

> think this morning she is not as bad as the last two days though. Thanks

> for your help. I hope to wade through my e mails today.

> Margaret, would you put me back on regular e mail reception? Any word on

> your parents?

>

> Aliceanne

July 31, 2003

Aliceanne, So sorry to hear you had so many problems with your mother. Sounds

like the kind of situations that you will be able to laugh about 20 years from

now. Hope your mom gets back into her old routine again soon. My dad has

gotten back into his routine again and is doing better. I think he just really

wanted so much to be a part of everything while we were there that he just got

too tired out. His older sister and her husband just went back for a visit.

His sister is 88 but she still travels just fine. His older brother is 86 and

just had a hip replacement. Sounds like the three of them had as good a time as

you can when two of them aren't doing well. His brother has had a lot of

problems with his hip replacement and isn't leaving the house yet, just really

can't get around well. I am going home again in a couple of weeks, as my

brother is going to be out of town for his yearly vacation, so I'm going to go

help out for a few days. Nice to have you back, Margaret

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