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Believer dearesst,
Would you mind if I share with the Wookie?
((((Believer))))
- Kimmy, who WAS having a good mascara day (sigh)
I never had to take the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?O'hana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten. My Story Recovered!
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Mom and dad did all of the wrong things. He is Catholic and she is a Quaker. She was only 18 when they met, and he was thirty. They only dated for 6 months before they married. The next day, he went off to World War II for 3 years. While he was gone his only brother and sister died, and mom's only brother died. That would have been enough stress for many marriages.
When he came home from the war, they had me and my sister, a year apart. He worked 2 jobs to keep things together, one in the day, and then one until 10:00PM. Mom had given up her dreams to go to college to be a SAHM.
I talk to them about the sacrifices, and they both say that when things were tough, they clung together.
Sometimes I wonder what has gone wrong with the rest of the world. I include myself.
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Believer, your mum must be so pleased to have you visiting to help her during such a tough, sad time.
I just spent five weeks in England with my parents. They drove me crazy at times, but I love them dearly. I feel at peace with the world when I climb into bed there. It's a real blessing to be part of a loving family. My parents have a similar story. Dad is 13 years older than mum and her parents totally disapproved of him (he was a foreigner as well as the age gap). My gran turned up at their wedding in her kitchen apron as she only decided to attend at the last minute.
I hope your dad's final days are as peaceful as can be and that your mum has had enough time to prepare herself for losing him. Take care B.
TT
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