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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 242581" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">{{ropefree}} Your mom lived an amazing life. What you describe reminds me so much of my own mom. She's 86 and has seen so much also. When Obama was sworn in, I called her and she was just amazed, weeping with not only joy but astonishment. She lived through it all and to see something that momentus take place, just left her speechless.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">Like yours, my mom's health has been failing, though for her it's mostly her memory failing and she's also slowed a lot. She's sometimes not the mom I remember, as she often can't recall simple things like who I'm married to or if I have children at all, let alone their names.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">I choose to remember her the way she was rather than how she is now. While it's nice to hear her talk of things I don't recall (she had me quite later in life and I missed a lot by then!), I prefer to remember her adventurous side. Like your mom, everyone always said my mother was a woman born before her time. She and my dad also had a very passionate and long marriage until my dad passed. There love was born in the 40's, at a very turbulent time in America and they endured so much together. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">Cherish the memories you have of your mom and continue to celebrate her spirit and determination. And just be there for her now. I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 242581, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]{{ropefree}} Your mom lived an amazing life. What you describe reminds me so much of my own mom. She's 86 and has seen so much also. When Obama was sworn in, I called her and she was just amazed, weeping with not only joy but astonishment. She lived through it all and to see something that momentus take place, just left her speechless.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]Like yours, my mom's health has been failing, though for her it's mostly her memory failing and she's also slowed a lot. She's sometimes not the mom I remember, as she often can't recall simple things like who I'm married to or if I have children at all, let alone their names.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]I choose to remember her the way she was rather than how she is now. While it's nice to hear her talk of things I don't recall (she had me quite later in life and I missed a lot by then!), I prefer to remember her adventurous side. Like your mom, everyone always said my mother was a woman born before her time. She and my dad also had a very passionate and long marriage until my dad passed. There love was born in the 40's, at a very turbulent time in America and they endured so much together. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]Cherish the memories you have of your mom and continue to celebrate her spirit and determination. And just be there for her now. I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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