Re: OT: My Mom's Quit Eating You are a great great daughter !!

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Dear Marilyn,

All that you write goes straight to my heart, I just wonder how many daughters there are in the world who are so loving and caring to their parents as you are. You are a great great daughter, and emotionally an unbelievably stong lady I have known in my life. I just have no words to praise you for all that you are. For me a person with a kind loving heart and sacrificing spirit means the most in the whole world, I count all the big brains worthless, if there is no feelling of love and sacrifiice.

Keep up the positive thought, though I know how hard it is and X-mas is there soon. All that remains are the sweet memories , you are so correct. You are doing your best to lessen your fathers sorrows and to make sure that he takes his meals properly, you are already doing so much which is impossible for ordinary people like us to do. Though I am miles alway I can see with my inner eyes how much you are taking care of your parenst and how you are reading the sweet poetry to your mom................

There is so much hidden in the few lines you have written, and it has definitly helped me realize how precious are the moments with our parents, every single minute means so much.......

I have completed writing 300 pages of my mothers biography, I am almost 95 % done with my book and I get all the inspiration from you now to complete the book soon and get it published. Exactly this time last year my mother was fighting for her life during a stomach surgery at the age of 75, GOD heard our prayers, the surgery was a success, but it reduced her to skin and bones and gave her chronic pain in stomach, the surgery did more harm than good.

I pray to Lord Buddha for both physical and emotional strength for your whole family, once again.

Sandhya

Words I know are poor comforters, but I know that you know that the whole group is with you to share the sorrows. All good thoughts and wishes are welcome. I was just over to see Mom this morning, and read to her, some of her favorite Psalms, and one of my own favorites, the book of Ruth. She's not really responding to much of anything. My Dad's the one who is in pain now -- he keeps thinking of all the things he MIGHT have done that would have made this outcome easier. I told Dad that I had ordered the turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and he sighed, and said the was afraid Mom wouldn't be with us for it. I told him, no, she wouldn't, but we'd have all her favorite dishes, and remember the years she was with us.

— Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund