Dear Joanne, I am so sorry to hear about your mom. I will be praying for you. May God give you strength & peace as only He can give. Let me know if I can help in any way. I am here for you! Feel free to email me privately if you wish.
Lots of Love & Prayers, Sherry in FL On Thu, 03 Jan 2002 22:28:58 -0700 Joanne Spotten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've missed you and have been wondering where you are. I'm glad > that you > > are back. > > Much of last year I either lurked or just deleted the messages as > 2001 > was an incredibly difficult year! Mom and I shared separate living > quarters in the same house (I lived in the apartment in the > basement) > with shared storage and laundry areas. We were also best friends. > April 25 Mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She died 16 weeks > later, leaving me with a house that feels very empty even though > there > is too much stuff in it. > > I spent much time upstairs in the last few weeks of Mom's life and > found > out the additional light and more open feel upstairs helped my > depression. I started living upstairs shortly after Mom died. I > have > restricted what I bring upstairs, non-essential stuff only comes up > when > I have found it a home. I have a really hard time even boxing up > Mom's > stuff. I understand why but I am still frustrated that there is no > room > for anything - my apartment downstairs is worse so I should be used > to > it. > > I am moving from surviving to living, having the holidays over > helps. > As I get closer to the end of the grief maze, I think I will be able > to > better keep up with the day to day stuff and then get back to > decluttering - even if I just box most of Mom's stuff up and stack > it > the apartment downstairs. > > Joanne > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Journey from clutter List Website > http://journeyfromclutter.com > Members Only Page > http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm > > Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main > list. > > To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the > unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
