Re: One day at a time

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jodi-

i am glad to hear max is handling this as well as expected!!! you

hang in there as well, i will keep your mom and her husband in my

thoughts and prayers that they will be kept safe and secure durning

this horrible storm that is going to hit fla. ((HUGS)) to you all!!!

love-

jodie c.

> Thank you all for your wonderful words of support. My family is

> getting through things one day, sometimes one hour, at a time.

> is handling things pretty well, though. He can

> compartmentalize and carry on where I tend to just let things take

> over and encompass everything.

>

> The funeral for my mother-in-law was this morning. We sat shivah

at

> my father-in-law's apartment this afternoon, but we cannot do it

> over the next 24 hours because of Shabbat. We will resume

tomorrow

> at 7pm at our house. Then the next few days will be back at his

> apartment.

>

> I am worried sick about my mother and her husband. The hurricane

is

> heading right for them (but there is NO safe place in Florida now)

> and I cannot call them. They have a cell phone, but they don't

want

> me to use the number because they want to save the batterie. It

is

> hard enough to worry about them in the hurricane, and add the loss

> of 's mother and it gets doubly bad.

>

> Max, on the other hand, has been extraordinarily strong. He got

> through the funeral with crying appropriately, is eating well, and

> even joking with family and friends. He is reacting as I would

> expect ANY teenager to react. I even " forgot " about him this

> afternoon and went to take a nap. It was nice not to have to hover

> over him and worry that he would make himself sick enough to wind

up

> in the hospital. I have done a lot of talking to him, though, to

> tell him that he is strong and he can control his actions. And he

> has risen to the challenges.

>

> Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the

> messages, both here and in my private email. They mean so much.

>

> Jodi Z.