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Purrs for Mom, Please
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Purrs for Mom, Please
Purrs and prayers that your Mom starts feeling better soon.
Lily & her mama -- Irulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time "CatNipped" wrote in message ... My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. Sometimes it's comical - like when she tries to talk on her cell phone and disconnects 5 times during our conversation by accidentally hitting the "off" button (they still don't have land line phone service in Chalmette). But mostly it's just sad. She feels lost and disconnected. All her friends are scattered and at their age it's not easy to drive to one another's residence for a visit (they used to gather in the meeting area of her assisted-living apartment every evening). She drove down to my daughter's house today and made the mistake of turning down Colonial Drive. It used to be a showcase of beautiful home, but now it's one of the most devastated parts of Chalmette, where whole houses were moved into neighbors' yards - foundations and all! She called me up this morning crying, saying, "You just can't imagine what it looks like - all the pictures and television coverage just can't convey the devastation, it's looks like the aftermath of a nuclear war!" Even the looting of her assisted-living apartment didn't get her as down as she sounds today (she lived on the third floor, so was spared the flooding - but some @$$hole looter tore up her apartment, even ripping into her mattress looking for stashed cash and jewelry). Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
CatNipped wrote:
My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. snip She called me up this morning crying, saying, "You just can't imagine what it looks like - all the pictures and television coverage just can't convey the devastation, it's looks like the aftermath of a nuclear war!" Even the looting of her assisted-living apartment didn't get her as down as she sounds today (she lived on the third floor, so was spared the flooding - but some @$$hole looter tore up her apartment, even ripping into her mattress looking for stashed cash and jewelry). Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. Lots and lots of purrs, hugs and best wishes for your mom, Polonca and Soncek |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
On Tue 24 Jan 2006 11:54:29a, CatNipped wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. Coping purrs heading south for your mom. And smelly litterbox offerings for the looter that trashed her apartment. Preying on those who've lost so much already is just the most pathetic thing. -- Cheryl |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
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Group: rec.pets.cats.anecdotes Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2006, 10:54am (EST-1) From: (CatNipped) My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. I so understand the problems your mother is having. Hurricane Charley ruined our house(me and my elderly parents) in 2004. Everything you are used to is gone. You don't know what is going to happen next. You need help but you don't know where to go to find it. Nothing looks the same, finding your way around is difficult as landmarks are gone. Its very stressful and confusing. I can so relate to the cell phone thing, my mom never could figure it out completely, my father not at all. The elderly seem to be affected the most, my town is considered a retirement community and is very highly populated with the elderly and the mobile home parks were just davestated. We were spared the looting in our neighborhood but my brother sat outside his home with his shotgun many a night. Any chance of getting her out of there for a vacation from the distruction all around her, maybe a week or two visit with a relative outside the area? I felt refreshed when I visited neighboring towns(even just for the day to pick up supplies) that weren't affected by the storm. Hope things settle down for her. peace, p |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
"P C" wrote in message
... Snipped from: Group: rec.pets.cats.anecdotes Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2006, 10:54am (EST-1) From: (CatNipped) My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. I so understand the problems your mother is having. Hurricane Charley ruined our house(me and my elderly parents) in 2004. Everything you are used to is gone. You don't know what is going to happen next. You need help but you don't know where to go to find it. Nothing looks the same, finding your way around is difficult as landmarks are gone. Its very stressful and confusing. I can so relate to the cell phone thing, my mom never could figure it out completely, my father not at all. The elderly seem to be affected the most, my town is considered a retirement community and is very highly populated with the elderly and the mobile home parks were just davestated. We were spared the looting in our neighborhood but my brother sat outside his home with his shotgun many a night. Any chance of getting her out of there for a vacation from the distruction all around her, maybe a week or two visit with a relative outside the area? I felt refreshed when I visited neighboring towns(even just for the day to pick up supplies) that weren't affected by the storm. Hope things settle down for her. peace, p You were Crackles (RB) mom, right? I remember reading about your problems getting a FEMA trailer after Charley. My daughter just got one (of the two she was supposed to get) a week ago (almost 5 months after Katrina!), but they still haven't come to connect it yet so they can't move in. My mom got hers and has it set up on my brother's business along with his and his daughters' - but every single on of them leaks! I keep trying to get my mom to come stay with us here in Houston a while - I've even offered to drive down there and pick her up and then drive her back when she's ready. But she keeps refusing - she just wants to be "home" again. I'm afraid she'll never again have the home she knew. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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CatNipped wrote:
Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. Absolutely! -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
"CatNipped" wrote:
But mostly it's just sad. She feels lost and disconnected. All her friends are scattered and at their age it's not easy to drive to one another's residence for a visit (they used to gather in the meeting area of her assisted-living apartment every evening). We'll be happy to send your mom coping and adapting purrs. It's such a sad and difficult situation for all the people who have been suddenly thrown into limbo, with no hope of ever going home again, because no matter how they rebuild, it can never look or feel the same. It's especially heart-breaking for the older folks who have a harder time adapting to change and displacement. Even if we could get our act together and give people the help they need to rebuild, we could still never take away that sense of loss and dysphoria. -- Wayne, with special purrformances by Will and Heidi |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
CatNipped wrote: My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. Sometimes it's comical - like when she tries to talk on her cell phone and disconnects 5 times during our conversation by accidentally hitting the "off" button (they still don't have land line phone service in Chalmette). Purrs for your mom. I think it's harder on the older folks. The older we get, the more we like things to stay the same, to stay constant I think. Sherry |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
CatNipped wrote:
My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. Sometimes it's comical - like when she tries to talk on her cell phone and disconnects 5 times during our conversation by accidentally hitting the "off" button (they still don't have land line phone service in Chalmette). But mostly it's just sad. She feels lost and disconnected. All her friends are scattered and at their age it's not easy to drive to one another's residence for a visit (they used to gather in the meeting area of her assisted-living apartment every evening). She drove down to my daughter's house today and made the mistake of turning down Colonial Drive. It used to be a showcase of beautiful home, but now it's one of the most devastated parts of Chalmette, where whole houses were moved into neighbors' yards - foundations and all! She called me up this morning crying, saying, "You just can't imagine what it looks like - all the pictures and television coverage just can't convey the devastation, it's looks like the aftermath of a nuclear war!" Even the looting of her assisted-living apartment didn't get her as down as she sounds today (she lived on the third floor, so was spared the flooding - but some @$$hole looter tore up her apartment, even ripping into her mattress looking for stashed cash and jewelry). Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. Copious coping purrs on the way for your Mom (and her (of course) worried daughter). -- Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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