Guest guest Posted August 1, 2000 Report Share Posted August 1, 2000 That was absolutely precious. You are indeed blessed! Tricia in iL Donna Schanzenbacher wrote: > > Hi, > > I have to share this letter written to Dr. R by my children. I am > truly > blessed! > > Dear Doctor Rutledge, > > Our mom has told us about the surgery whe wants to have so she can > lose > weight. We have talked alot about this and we decided she should do > it > because she can lose weight and be more healthy. Our mom is a > wonderful > mother and we want her to live forever. > > This was a hard letter to write because it made us think about what if > our > mom died. That made some of us cry and we really do not want that to > happen. Our mom also told us about how sick she could get if she does > not > lose weight. We know she has tried very hard to lose weight before > but she > does not do diets very well. It is very hard for her. > > None of us think that our mother is fat. She is very beautiful to > us. She > always wears nice clothes even though they are from the thrift store. > She > shops at the thrift store so there is more money for other things. In > case > you did not know there are 6 kids in our family. Even though some of > us are > step kids we all call mom MOM. We are very proud of our mom because > she was > poor when she was growing up, but she got her education and has a nice > job > that she likes alot. She is also a good mom to us. Sometimes too > strict, > but we know that is for our own good. > > Our mom always tells us that we can do anything we want, but first we > have > to get educated. We looked up www.clos.net and read about this > surgery and > about obesity. We also looked up other surgeries. We all really like > this > one better because of less chance of dying and there is also not as > many > other complications and she will not be in the hospital for a long > time > either. > > We have promised to help more around the house while she is healing > from > having the surgery. We will also make sure to help with baby more > too. > > We hope that you will take good care of our mom while she is having > the > surgery and we also hope she does not lose too much weight. That > sentence > is from Jodi because she does not want to share her clothes because > Mom > keeps telling her she really likes some of the things she wears and > she > says not to wear them out before she can fit into them. Jodi hopes > she is > kidding. > > We all wrote this letter together except for Christian who is 2 1/2. > > Signed, Jodi 16, 15, 15, 15, andra 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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