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I missed this thread I'll wish everyone a Happy New Year.
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Happy Christmas Season Catslave. I hope it has been restful for you.
I am glad you had a nice Christmas Ruth. I am sure Suzy's water will taste better in a crystal bowl. Crystal is elegant and it will look more appealing.
I think we are all looking forward to this year being over. It has been a tough year for losing stars and musicians.
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It seems 2016 isn't finished with us yet. In the last days of the year we are still losing people.
ALS is pretty bad. They are working very hard to find a way to treat it, but it will be years before lives are saved. It is not an easy way to die. It must almost be a relief for everyone that your cousin is gone.
Right now we are saying good bye to 2016.
We can cheer on 2017 when it arrives.
With three days left, what more can 2016 do?
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12-30-2016, 02:39 AM
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I am sorry to hear about your cousin, Ruth, and sorry he was so terribly ill.
You are right....he is in peace now and no longer in any pain. I wish him blessings.
It seems Carrie Fisher had an incredibly strong bond with her mother. That happened with my grandparents (father's side) They passed away within one day of each other.
I will tell you a little story about my parents. My Dad passed in 1999. My mother soldiered on, but was never terribly well, and got dementia on top of other things in her late 80s. Towards the end of her life she was in a hospice. She did not know night from day, couldn't remember my Dad, or ever having been married, or what his name was.
Well when I visited her one day she said, "Your Dad (and she said his name) came to see me last night. He sat on my bed and said, 'Come on, why don't you come with me now?' ....and I laughed and said 'No not right now, but I won't be long. I've got something to do first'. Then he told me that was okay, and he was waiting for me, and then he slowly went away again."
Two minutes after telling me that she was back to her usual state of mind and couldn't remember one thing.
She passed away about 2 weeks later.