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Best wishes to everyone
And thank you all for your kind thoughts and words
I've only just been able to start to grieve for my mother. I was here with my mother died. The caregiver was here from the agency and the hospice nurse. Then the funeral director. I made all the arrangements. My brothers showed up and frankly, I thought they'd never leave. LOL They finally left me alone today. I said just don't come over. I'm done, leave me alone, I'm not going to talk about this anymore. I'll take care of everything. Just like I always do. They don't fly out until tomorrow but thankfully they let me have today to myself. I really needed time to take a breath, you know? So the woman from the National Cemetery called today to ask me what I wanted on Mom's marker. Oh, I hadn't thought about that. When Dad died I got papers with suggestions. Mom selected something. I didn't get anything like that so I was at a loss. I said, um, Beloved Wife and Mother to Paul, Scott and Jill 1-29-26 to 11-22-2008. She said that might be to long. Oh, okay. Beloved Wife and Mother. She asked don't you want her years listed in case someone 100 years from now is doing geneology research? Oh for gawds sakes, woman! Everyone in her family is dead except us! I can't think about this right now. It never lets up, does it? Persia is right there next to me every evening, just head butting me and tapping my nose with her soft little paw. Used to be just to get me to feed her, now she's just offering comfort and headbutts. What a sweet girl I'd be lost without her. My brothers never saw her. Jill |
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I understand, Jill. You have been swamped. I'm glad your brothers let you
have this day to yourself, and I'm glad you have Persia to comfort you. (((((((((((Jill))))))))))) -- Joy No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Dworken "jmcquown" wrote in message ... And thank you all for your kind thoughts and words I've only just been able to start to grieve for my mother. I was here with my mother died. The caregiver was here from the agency and the hospice nurse. Then the funeral director. I made all the arrangements. My brothers showed up and frankly, I thought they'd never leave. LOL They finally left me alone today. I said just don't come over. I'm done, leave me alone, I'm not going to talk about this anymore. I'll take care of everything. Just like I always do. They don't fly out until tomorrow but thankfully they let me have today to myself. I really needed time to take a breath, you know? So the woman from the National Cemetery called today to ask me what I wanted on Mom's marker. Oh, I hadn't thought about that. When Dad died I got papers with suggestions. Mom selected something. I didn't get anything like that so I was at a loss. I said, um, Beloved Wife and Mother to Paul, Scott and Jill 1-29-26 to 11-22-2008. She said that might be to long. Oh, okay. Beloved Wife and Mother. She asked don't you want her years listed in case someone 100 years from now is doing geneology research? Oh for gawds sakes, woman! Everyone in her family is dead except us! I can't think about this right now. It never lets up, does it? Persia is right there next to me every evening, just head butting me and tapping my nose with her soft little paw. Used to be just to get me to feed her, now she's just offering comfort and headbutts. What a sweet girl I'd be lost without her. My brothers never saw her. Jill |
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jmcquown wrote:
And thank you all for your kind thoughts and words I've only just been able to start to grieve for my mother. I was here with my mother died. The caregiver was here from the agency and the hospice nurse. Then the funeral director. I made all the arrangements. My brothers showed up and frankly, I thought they'd never leave. LOL They finally left me alone today. I said just don't come over. I'm done, leave me alone, I'm not going to talk about this anymore. I'll take care of everything. Just like I always do. They don't fly out until tomorrow but thankfully they let me have today to myself. I really needed time to take a breath, you know? So the woman from the National Cemetery called today to ask me what I wanted on Mom's marker. Oh, I hadn't thought about that. When Dad died I got papers with suggestions. Mom selected something. I didn't get anything like that so I was at a loss. I said, um, Beloved Wife and Mother to Paul, Scott and Jill 1-29-26 to 11-22-2008. She said that might be to long. Oh, okay. Beloved Wife and Mother. She asked don't you want her years listed in case someone 100 years from now is doing geneology research? Oh for gawds sakes, woman! Everyone in her family is dead except us! I can't think about this right now. It never lets up, does it? Persia is right there next to me every evening, just head butting me and tapping my nose with her soft little paw. Used to be just to get me to feed her, now she's just offering comfort and headbutts. What a sweet girl I'd be lost without her. My brothers never saw her. Jill Weebs say dat His Preshus Persia is one smart kitty - she no dat her unkuls ar not da grates, but dat her mommy is! -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) net http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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It doesn't let up. The funeral home got the words wrong on Eric's grave,
but we just let it go. It's hard enough to think about what to say in so many words to describe a life. "jmcquown" wrote in message ... And thank you all for your kind thoughts and words I've only just been able to start to grieve for my mother. I was here with my mother died. The caregiver was here from the agency and the hospice nurse. Then the funeral director. I made all the arrangements. My brothers showed up and frankly, I thought they'd never leave. LOL They finally left me alone today. I said just don't come over. I'm done, leave me alone, I'm not going to talk about this anymore. I'll take care of everything. Just like I always do. They don't fly out until tomorrow but thankfully they let me have today to myself. I really needed time to take a breath, you know? So the woman from the National Cemetery called today to ask me what I wanted on Mom's marker. Oh, I hadn't thought about that. When Dad died I got papers with suggestions. Mom selected something. I didn't get anything like that so I was at a loss. I said, um, Beloved Wife and Mother to Paul, Scott and Jill 1-29-26 to 11-22-2008. She said that might be to long. Oh, okay. Beloved Wife and Mother. She asked don't you want her years listed in case someone 100 years from now is doing geneology research? Oh for gawds sakes, woman! Everyone in her family is dead except us! I can't think about this right now. It never lets up, does it? Persia is right there next to me every evening, just head butting me and tapping my nose with her soft little paw. Used to be just to get me to feed her, now she's just offering comfort and headbutts. What a sweet girl I'd be lost without her. My brothers never saw her. Jill |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message ... And thank you all for your kind thoughts and words I've only just been able to start to grieve for my mother. I was here with my mother died. The caregiver was here from the agency and the hospice nurse. Then the funeral director. I made all the arrangements. My brothers showed up and frankly, I thought they'd never leave. LOL They finally left me alone today. I said just don't come over. I'm done, leave me alone, I'm not going to talk about this anymore. I'll take care of everything. Just like I always do. They don't fly out until tomorrow but thankfully they let me have today to myself. I really needed time to take a breath, you know? So the woman from the National Cemetery called today to ask me what I wanted on Mom's marker. Oh, I hadn't thought about that. When Dad died I got papers with suggestions. Mom selected something. I didn't get anything like that so I was at a loss. I said, um, Beloved Wife and Mother to Paul, Scott and Jill 1-29-26 to 11-22-2008. She said that might be to long. Oh, okay. Beloved Wife and Mother. She asked don't you want her years listed in case someone 100 years from now is doing geneology research? Oh for gawds sakes, woman! Everyone in her family is dead except us! I can't think about this right now. It never lets up, does it? Persia is right there next to me every evening, just head butting me and tapping my nose with her soft little paw. Used to be just to get me to feed her, now she's just offering comfort and headbutts. What a sweet girl I'd be lost without her. My brothers never saw her. Jill Bless you, Jill. Now the hard part really starts, doesn't it? We will be here. We want to know how you're doing. -- Theresa and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Forever: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh |
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It is going to take time for you to recover, Jill ; please take care of
yourself and give yourself that time. Lots of purrs and good thoughts coming your way - so glad you have Persia. Christine "jmcquown" wrote in message ... And thank you all for your kind thoughts and words I've only just been able to start to grieve for my mother. I was here with my mother died. The caregiver was here from the agency and the hospice nurse. Then the funeral director. I made all the arrangements. My brothers showed up and frankly, I thought they'd never leave. LOL They finally left me alone today. I said just don't come over. I'm done, leave me alone, I'm not going to talk about this anymore. I'll take care of everything. Just like I always do. They don't fly out until tomorrow but thankfully they let me have today to myself. I really needed time to take a breath, you know? So the woman from the National Cemetery called today to ask me what I wanted on Mom's marker. Oh, I hadn't thought about that. When Dad died I got papers with suggestions. Mom selected something. I didn't get anything like that so I was at a loss. I said, um, Beloved Wife and Mother to Paul, Scott and Jill 1-29-26 to 11-22-2008. She said that might be to long. Oh, okay. Beloved Wife and Mother. She asked don't you want her years listed in case someone 100 years from now is doing geneology research? Oh for gawds sakes, woman! Everyone in her family is dead except us! I can't think about this right now. It never lets up, does it? Persia is right there next to me every evening, just head butting me and tapping my nose with her soft little paw. Used to be just to get me to feed her, now she's just offering comfort and headbutts. What a sweet girl I'd be lost without her. My brothers never saw her. Jill |
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On Nov 28, 6:01*pm, "Cheryl" wrote:
It doesn't let up. *The funeral home got the words wrong on Eric's grave, but we just let it go. *It's hard enough to think about what to say in so many words to describe a life. After my mum died my brother organised the plaque at the crematorium and a year later we went to lay some flowers and I saw it for the first time..... It read "Ron and Rose Madigan 16.05.2004- Reunited together" And I said "Did you think that up?" He said he had, he read it to the people who engraved it and I said : "Didn't it occur to anyone to tell you that they could hardly be reunited apart?" Sorry I can be a pendantic git- my other brother who is a raging cynic commented they had probably noticed it but figured they'd get more for 2 words than 1! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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I looked in the mirror and freaked out. I look 10 years older than I did
last week. All the Oil of Olay (heh) in the world will not erase these lines from my face. Thank you, Christine. I still have a long row to hoe. I might get back home in 2010 Jill Christine Burel wrote: It is going to take time for you to recover, Jill ; please take care of yourself and give yourself that time. Lots of purrs and good thoughts coming your way - so glad you have Persia. Christine "jmcquown" wrote in message ... And thank you all for your kind thoughts and words I've only just been able to start to grieve for my mother. I was here with my mother died. The caregiver was here from the agency and the hospice nurse. Then the funeral director. I made all the arrangements. My brothers showed up and frankly, I thought they'd never leave. LOL They finally left me alone today. I said just don't come over. I'm done, leave me alone, I'm not going to talk about this anymore. I'll take care of everything. Just like I always do. They don't fly out until tomorrow but thankfully they let me have today to myself. I really needed time to take a breath, you know? So the woman from the National Cemetery called today to ask me what I wanted on Mom's marker. Oh, I hadn't thought about that. When Dad died I got papers with suggestions. Mom selected something. I didn't get anything like that so I was at a loss. I said, um, Beloved Wife and Mother to Paul, Scott and Jill 1-29-26 to 11-22-2008. She said that might be to long. Oh, okay. Beloved Wife and Mother. She asked don't you want her years listed in case someone 100 years from now is doing geneology research? Oh for gawds sakes, woman! Everyone in her family is dead except us! I can't think about this right now. It never lets up, does it? Persia is right there next to me every evening, just head butting me and tapping my nose with her soft little paw. Used to be just to get me to feed her, now she's just offering comfort and headbutts. What a sweet girl I'd be lost without her. My brothers never saw her. Jill |
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jmcquown wrote: And thank you all for your kind thoughts and words I've only just been able to start to grieve for my mother. I was here with my mother died. The caregiver was here from the agency and the hospice nurse. Then the funeral director. I made all the arrangements. My brothers showed up and frankly, I thought they'd never leave. LOL They finally left me alone today. I said just don't come over. I'm done, leave me alone, I'm not going to talk about this anymore. I'll take care of everything. Just like I always do. They don't fly out until tomorrow but thankfully they let me have today to myself. I really needed time to take a breath, you know? So the woman from the National Cemetery called today to ask me what I wanted on Mom's marker. Oh, I hadn't thought about that. When Dad died I got papers with suggestions. Mom selected something. I didn't get anything like that so I was at a loss. I said, um, Beloved Wife and Mother to Paul, Scott and Jill 1-29-26 to 11-22-2008. She said that might be to long. Oh, okay. Beloved Wife and Mother. She asked don't you want her years listed in case someone 100 years from now is doing geneology research? Oh for gawds sakes, woman! Everyone in her family is dead except us! I can't think about this right now. It never lets up, does it? Persia is right there next to me every evening, just head butting me and tapping my nose with her soft little paw. Used to be just to get me to feed her, now she's just offering comfort and headbutts. What a sweet girl I'd be lost without her. My brothers never saw her. Jill Aren't you glad you brought Persia with you, this trip? It's astonishing how much comfort an alleged "dumb" animal can provide, when you need it. How anyone can actually believe that "companion animals" lack intelligence is beyond me! (It may not be quite the SAME as human intelligence, but sometimes that's a plus.) |
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jmcquown wrote: I looked in the mirror and freaked out. I look 10 years older than I did last week. All the Oil of Olay (heh) in the world will not erase these lines from my face. Thank you, Christine. I still have a long row to hoe. I might get back home in 2010 Cosmetics won't, but a few weeks of normal sleep, without having to worry about what fresh crisis will greet you on awakening, will work wonders, you'll see! I realize you still have a lot of stuff to deal with, but none of it is "life or death" now, is it? You can take whatever time it requires, just don't let yourself be hurried into anything. |
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