Bring on 2004
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Bring on 2004
I'm am so ready to sweep 2003 under the rug.
Just last week I lost my mother. She finally lost in her 2.5 year battle with cancer (melanoma). I had spent a lot of time with her and I knew she was fading fast. I went to see her on lunch last monday. She was breathing hard. I held her hand, told her I loved her and that she just needed to relax. I told her that if she wanted to go it was OK, I undertsood. She was gone within 5 minutes. She was just 60 and didn't have any grandchildren. I feel some guilt for this but didn't see this cancer thing coming when we made some choices years back.
Her 82 year old Mother fell breaking her arm and busting her cheek when returning home after visting Mom.
Her uncle, one of my favorite great-uncles, died earlier this year of cancer.
My Grandfather passed away. Although he was almost 97, and he lived up until 3.5 weeks before, in his own place on his own terms. Not much to complain about here, but it's still a loss. He was very unique person who had seen a lot in his time. My dad lost his wife and father in the same year :-(
Three of my distant cousins were killed in a car crash. Some youngster tried to pass in a no passing zone an did a head on with my cousins. Everyone involved died a miserable firey death :-(
To top it off, I've done some things I'm certainly not proud of.
This would all probably be easier if I wasn't at an all-time low in the Faith department.
Some good news:
My wife has managed to stay out of the hospital for most of the year, she spent about 25 days in there in 2002 and still managed to finish school heavily recruited. She graduated from Law School and started her new job making about 50% more than I do (and I'm on decent money).
OK, I've vented my annual frustrations to a myriad of virtual strangers!
Just last week I lost my mother. She finally lost in her 2.5 year battle with cancer (melanoma). I had spent a lot of time with her and I knew she was fading fast. I went to see her on lunch last monday. She was breathing hard. I held her hand, told her I loved her and that she just needed to relax. I told her that if she wanted to go it was OK, I undertsood. She was gone within 5 minutes. She was just 60 and didn't have any grandchildren. I feel some guilt for this but didn't see this cancer thing coming when we made some choices years back.
Her 82 year old Mother fell breaking her arm and busting her cheek when returning home after visting Mom.
Her uncle, one of my favorite great-uncles, died earlier this year of cancer.
My Grandfather passed away. Although he was almost 97, and he lived up until 3.5 weeks before, in his own place on his own terms. Not much to complain about here, but it's still a loss. He was very unique person who had seen a lot in his time. My dad lost his wife and father in the same year :-(
Three of my distant cousins were killed in a car crash. Some youngster tried to pass in a no passing zone an did a head on with my cousins. Everyone involved died a miserable firey death :-(
To top it off, I've done some things I'm certainly not proud of.
This would all probably be easier if I wasn't at an all-time low in the Faith department.
Some good news:
My wife has managed to stay out of the hospital for most of the year, she spent about 25 days in there in 2002 and still managed to finish school heavily recruited. She graduated from Law School and started her new job making about 50% more than I do (and I'm on decent money).
OK, I've vented my annual frustrations to a myriad of virtual strangers!
Last edited by gtex; Dec 30, 2003 at 06:08 PM.
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