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Purrs for Mom, Please
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 in message ... Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. Here's hoping she calms and copes well *soon* *hugs* helen s |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated.
Four sets of purrs, including extra loud ones from Smokey who knows what it's like to have your living situation in upheval. --Fil |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
CatNipped wrote:
Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. Lots of purrs on the way. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
Purrs for your mother in the midst of the ongoing upheaval and
devastation. And purrs that life will improve exponentially in the states that were hit hardest by Katrina. It's hard for people in the middle of a disaster area when they stop being the news, but the disaster is a long way from over and "normalcy" whatever that may mean to people is still months or years away. Melissa |
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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. Purrs on the way. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. 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 @$$hole looter tore up her apartment, even ripping into her mattress looking for stashed cash and jewelry). Anyway... Coping purrs for my mom would be greatly appreciated. Coping and calming purrs and prayers will be on the way as soon as I'm done cursing all looters to hell a thousand times over and calm down myself. I'm strongly in favor of the old "looters will be shot on sight" strategy. I cannot understand people that will do this to each other in the aftermath of disaster. Jo |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:54:29 -0600, "CatNipped"
wrote: My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. Sometimes it's comical - like when she tries to talk on her cell phone and disconnects 5 times during our conversation by accidentally hitting the "off" button (they still don't have land line phone service in Chalmette). But mostly it's just sad. She feels lost and disconnected. All her friends are scattered and at their age it's not easy to drive to one another's residence for a visit (they used to gather in the meeting area of her assisted-living apartment every evening). She drove down to my daughter's house today and made the mistake of turning down Colonial Drive. It used to be a showcase of beautiful home, but now it's one of the most devastated parts of Chalmette, where whole houses were moved into neighbors' yards - foundations and all! She called me up this morning crying, saying, "You just can't imagine what it looks like - all the pictures and television coverage just can't convey the devastation, it's looks like the aftermath of a nuclear war!" Even the looting of her assisted-living apartment didn't get her as down as she sounds today (she lived on the third floor, so was spared the flooding - but some @$$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. Purrs on the way for your mom to come to terms with all the changes and feelings of disconnection. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. I'm not surprised. Purrs coming over from England for her. We are *so* lucky here, weatherwise. We moan and groan: it's always raining (which it mostly is!): it was minus2/3/4/5C and I had to scrape my car windscreen before I could go to work: the weather never stays the same for a week: it's hardly ever hot. All true. We don't get earthquakes, bush fires, tornadoes (usually) and only rarely a little hurricane. Extremes of weather are unusual here and rarely last for more than a few days. Tweed |
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Purrs for Mom, Please
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... My mom is having a lot of trouble coping with the aftermath of Katrina. Many comforting purrs for your mom. Her situation is so unsettling and scary. We will pray and purr that she feels more comfortable soon. Charleen Mr. Pumpkin Aggie Marble Victor Velcro |
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