Sorry for your loss, PJ. I understand what you went through as I was in that situation 20 years ago - first my father, then my mother a year later.
Keep the good memories alive; it really helps. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 10:49 PM P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I feel for you Larry, I wasn't going to talk about this but my mother > died a week ago. > > I'd been taking care of her for the last few years, but her mind was > been fading. It became apparent 5 months ago that it was beyond my > capabilities, to continue to be her caretaker, so we moved her to a > nursing home. > > For a while it seemed to be actually doing some good, she seemed to be > remembering more, but then she started declining again. Last Christmas > she had a stroke, which accelerated her decline. > > I wasn't able to be there at the end, as I had a nasty head cold, and > couldn't expose other patents who might have had compromised immune > systems. > > On 3/16/2020 10:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> On Mar 16, 2020, at 6:41 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> A six-county-wide mandate has put me under Covid-19 House Arrest today. > I'm not supposed to leave home for anything other than "living essentials" > like grocery shopping, particularly since I'm a "senior". Until April 7th… > > Make that seven counties, Santa Cruz County is going to shelter in > place. On the bright side, if I can get off my ass, I guess I have an > opportunity to make some progress on a few of the crisis around the house. > > > > Meanwhile, unrelated to covid-19, I was woken this morning by a text > from my sister. Mom is declining, despite the home being on lockdown they > were working on procedures for her to be with Mom at the end, unless of > course Mom pulls through again. A 1700 mile drive, however, is out of the > question. I’ve pretty much said goodbye for the last time every time I’ve > seen her for just over three years, and she wouldn’t even know I was > there. I do wish I could be there for my sister though. > > > > All things considered, Mom passing is the best thing for everyone > involved, especially her, or what’s left of her. She’s been my mom less > and less, and less and less of the time since she broke her hip. I just > wish that her passing could go better than it looks like it will, though I > honestly don’t think she’ll know the difference. > > > > > > > > -- > > Larry Colen > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > -- > Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind > of idiot to use a Pentax. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
