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Joey Tribiani
the US, I hope you guys stuffed yourself too, misery loves company...
I had family to my home for dinner(early, around noon) today, but it was the
first Thanksgiving since my dear mother passed away, and it was "different"
for me... I had an enjoyable day, but also a day to make me realize that
sometimes, things take time to become normal... Today I was thankful for the
things I *have* and also thankful, and a touch sad, for the mom that I
*had*...
Randy
Yes, some things take quite a bit of time to feel normal again.
Hopefully you are also thankful for all the good memories of your mom.
My dad passed away shortly before Xmas 11 years ago. Xmas has never
been
the same since.
My brother inlaw passed away 15 years ago and I always miss him on
holidays.
He made them tolerable for me at family gatherings. Every year the 2
of us would
exchange bottles of Chivas with each other on Xmas day. I still
raise my glass
of Chivas to him every Xmas day. He was a vw fanatic and had been for
most
of his life. That's where my 67 bug came from.
Ah, memories. Good and bad.
Randy
dave AKA vwdoc1
and past to remember them by telling stories about them.
I have been trying to contact all of the relatives to pull the family back
together.
Yes be thankful for all things/people in your life especially the good ones!
Pull your mom's photos out and remember all of the times! ;-)
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Joey Tribiani
"Randy" <rjma...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>Yes, some things take quite a bit of time to feel normal again.
>Hopefully you are also thankful for all the good memories of your mom.
lots of those good memories....
>My dad passed away shortly before Xmas 11 years ago. Xmas has never
>been
>the same since.
I understand that... Mom passed on dec. 21 last year.... we carried on with
"Christmas"(her *favorite* time of the year) for the kids... She loved her
grandkids(four of them age 5 and under when she passed) and we had to do it
for them.. but it wasn't very Merry for the adults..
>My brother inlaw passed away 15 years ago and I always miss him on
>holidays.
>He made them tolerable for me at family gatherings. Every year the 2
>of us would
>exchange bottles of Chivas with each other on Xmas day. I still
>raise my glass
>of Chivas to him every Xmas day. He was a vw fanatic and had been for
>most
>of his life. That's where my 67 bug came from.
Your brother in law sounds like he was a good man... Hopefully, somehow, he
made you a little better too... It always sucks to lose the "good" ones...
>Ah, memories. Good and bad.
cherish them all... good and bad...
Thanks Randy!
Randy
> "Randy" <rjmac...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Carry on your mom's Xmas traditions for a few years, then start and
develop your
own. It will help.
Yep, brother inlaw was a good one and he did help me change my life a
bit.
We were both in our 40's and acted like little kids when around each
other.
My mother inlaw would try and sit us at opposite ends of the dinner
table in hopes
we would behave. It just made it worse. He once passed passed me
the dinner
rolls by throwing them at me. Clear across the dinner table. There
were a good
10 people around that table. I'm surprised we didn't get sent to our
rooms. That
was either thanksgiving or Xmas dinner.
Randy
Joey Tribiani
>Yep, brother inlaw was a good one and he did help me change my life a
>bit.
>We were both in our 40's and acted like little kids when around each
>other.
>My mother inlaw would try and sit us at opposite ends of the dinner
>table in hopes
>we would behave. It just made it worse. He once passed passed me
>the dinner
>rolls by throwing them at me. Clear across the dinner table. There
>were a good
>10 people around that table. I'm surprised we didn't get sent to our
>rooms. That
>was either thanksgiving or Xmas dinner.
>Randy
hahaha.... with age comes the *right* to be a kid!!!... sounds like you two
had fun, thanks for sharing...
Bill Berckman
missing our moms that day. My mom passed away last March 30th after a
battle with Leukemia.
Joey Tribiani
"Bill Berckman" <berckm...@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
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>This is also my first Thanksgiving without my mom so we were both
>missing our moms that day. My mom passed away last March 30th after a
>battle with Leukemia.
Bill, my condolences. Nice to see you still around... Sorry your mom had to
suffer a battle with Leukemia, I'm torn over whether going suddenly and
unexpectedly(relatively) as my dear mother did, or watching them lose a
fight is worse. I'm leaning toward the loss of the battle being worse,
because it takes an emotional toll on the entire family... again, Bill,
sorry for your loss...
The Busman
a short battle with nasolarynx cancer (smoking will kill you). She had
driven herself back and forth to chemo and radiation treatments till a week
before she died. I don't think I'd like to do the long drawn out battle
thing.
Andy
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"The Busman" <texa...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Tough time to lose anyone. My Mom passed away on the 5th of November after
> a short battle with nasolarynx cancer (smoking will kill you). She had
> driven herself back and forth to chemo and radiation treatments till a
> week before she died. I don't think I'd like to do the long drawn out
> battle thing.
> Andy
>
Andy, my condolences to you also...
dave AKA vwdoc1
Always remember those fun times together and look at their photos from time
to time!
sincerely,
One out of many daves
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