Jean

[Guest guest]

I like nuts! Its good that ya'll talk; I guess I did

misunderstand. This disease is difficult to live with and even more

difficult to share. I didn't even tell my in-laws until

Thanksgiving what had been making me so ill. Trying to validate my

husbands behavior earlier in the day (I wasn't even there). I do

know how difficult it is to be a mother and I cant imagine, with all

the caring that you have shown on this group, that you could

possbily be a poor role model. I know that I have had a very hard

time giving up so much of what a mother does for her children. I

have 3, a girl 8, a boy 13 and a girl 17; and it is very difficult

for me to step back, letting someone else make the brownies (or

whatever) because I am unwell that day. There are many sacrifices

my children have made that they are completely unaware of; and that

breaks my heart. I just hope that after monday I will get better.

I have had terrible pain since the surgery that has only gotten

worse. I told them yesterday at dinner that Christmas may be a

little quieter this year and that I didn't know if I was going to be

able to do all that I traditionally done. As long as I bake " sands "

they'll be ok; or so they say. Just be supportive of your daughter

and her family; she knows your there when she needs you. That

security is a good feeling, one that I truly miss.