thanks mag. my mom has childrens toys around, but, as
of yesterday she had not go to playing with them. she
may be playing with them today. a doctor friend of my
brother said his mother was taken slowly over a 14
year period, but, that my mom was on the fast track
and going quickly. one of my sister in laws started to
say to me that she hoped mom did not have to drag
through years of this. she stopped , maybe realizing
that i might take it wrong. i told her that their
sacrifice had given her one mor thanksgiving, one more
christmas, one more birthday out side a nursing home.
i also told her that a quick passing would be a
blessing from -od. she knew i understood her
statement.

--- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ken, I'm very sorry the Parkinson's is robbing your
> Mom of her mind. I saw
> what it did to my cousin's in-laws. They would bring
> the dad to holiday
> dinners and the man, once a biologist, once roamed
> the Berkeley hills and
> they would locate him via a tracking device in his
> hat, after he declined and
> they had to put him in a home, played with baby toys
> at those dinners. I am
> convinced that the stress of caring for her dad
> caused my cousin's wife to
> get breast cancer, she died from it.
>
> I think a candy bar would be fine once in a while,
> just not a whole box of
> chocolates. Anyway, it's like when an assistant of
> mine said to my aunt  when
> she was 93, that she hoped she had used sunscreen
> when she was out on her
> balcony... my aunt laughed and said whatever for?
> LOL...  it was obvious
> that she thought it stupid to worry about skin
> cancer at age 93.
>
> Mag
>
>
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