tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post4226417887478739234..comments2023-10-09T09:43:16.832-04:00Comments on Liberal Lucidity: "How You Doin?"Button Gwinnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435875008430423570noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post-49190701444414022142007-03-08T10:22:00.000-05:002007-03-08T10:22:00.000-05:00Thank you teacher. :-) Those long trips for you t...Thank you teacher. :-) Those long trips for you to the nursing home were well worth it.<BR/><BR/>Every Monday morning I think about it. It's still a habit. And I miss her on Sunday's too because that's when I called her the most.<BR/><BR/>It sounds silly, but the last thing she made for me was pepper sauce and mayhaw jelly. She told me to let it sit in my pantry for at least a month. Now I don't know whether to open it and enjoy it as she meant. Or just walk in the pantry and look at it. <BR/><BR/>I also keep her Bible on my nightstand along with a pic from a few days before of she and my grandmother together. Much to my surprise a Hall's cough drop in its wrapper fell out of the Bible! Kind of a strange place to keep your cough drop. ;-)<BR/><BR/>So I laugh a little and cry a little. Surely just as you, Steve, and everyone else that loses a loved one does.Button Gwinnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435875008430423570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post-40199718913285338082007-03-07T21:09:00.000-05:002007-03-07T21:09:00.000-05:00I feel so bad I haven't dropped by to say, "Sorry....I feel so bad I haven't dropped by to say, "Sorry....". My mother was sick for over 20 years with various ailments that spiraled into other ailments. She spent the last four years of her life in a nursing home with me making a 50 miles round trip 3-4 times a week to check on her and feed her. She passed away in July and it's as if it happened yesterday. <BR/><BR/>Yes, people tell us it will get better. People tell us they are better off. We know this, but a void is there and our hearts are tender. <BR/><BR/>I can't tell you how many times a day I tear up and in some of the strangest places and situations. I let my students know early on that I had lost my mom and they might see me tear up from time and time. They've been really sweet. I'm still trying to feel my way through this and honestly I think the best thing is to simply grieve and let it happen when it does overcome us instead of holding it back. <BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of you and I pray you will continue to be strong in your journey.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post-78377773782482653432007-03-05T09:57:00.000-05:002007-03-05T09:57:00.000-05:00Very true Eddie. And I've seen KFC advertising th...Very true Eddie. And I've seen KFC advertising their new "big box." But since I've mostly given up fried foods, their chicken probably would have a negative effect on me. :-)<BR/><BR/>Steve, you've had such a hard time and I feel for you. I'm handling this pretty well so far. But I do dread the holidays. I still haven't opened my Valentine's Day card from her that I found sitting on her kitchen table. She was surely going to put it in the mail that very morning.Button Gwinnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435875008430423570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post-25131903712267708482007-03-02T04:53:00.000-05:002007-03-02T04:53:00.000-05:00BG,Thats one of those examples of the way things c...BG,<BR/><BR/>Thats one of those examples of the way things come out when you dont know they are going to happen. Last Christmas at about 5 AM I went out for a jog at a local park in Mississippi and this lady saw me and said "Merry Christmas" in a cheerful voice. I wanted to slap her face, she had no idea that Christmas lost all meaning for me when my Mom passed away. It wasnt her fault, but I will never forget how bad that made me feel. It had been six months since Mom died. You just never know when that kind of stuff is going to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post-69627092965859011322007-03-01T15:07:00.000-05:002007-03-01T15:07:00.000-05:00Button,It is interesting how awkward emotional mom...Button,<BR/>It is interesting how awkward emotional moments somehow brings out warm hearts in most of us.<BR/>Now, the next time you want to treat yourself go to your nearest KFC Buffet and pig out. <BR/>Your upset stomach will help you forget everything else.<BR/>Really though - get back in routine and stay busy.... that seems to help to get over the void.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155999413862242756noreply@blogger.com