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Mama D turned 89 today
By: dinkleburg Date: April 9, 2021, 12:07 am
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Sis and I went down to spend the afternoon with her in the long
term care facility.
We're the only two allowed to visit her in person because of teh
Covid. :(
I set up a group video chat with some of the family, and we
chatted for over an hour.
It actually went surprising well, and I saw Mama D smile and
laugh several times today, which made it more than worth the 6
hour round trip. 8)
I hope you all are keeping well. :-*
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Re: Mama D turned 89 today
By: AJ Date: April 9, 2021, 6:55 am
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[quote author=dinkleburg link=topic=746.msg6619#msg6619
date=1617944879]
Sis and I went down to spend the afternoon with her in the long
term care facility.
We're the only two allowed to visit her in person because of teh
Covid. :(
I set up a group video chat with some of the family, and we
chatted for over an hour.
It actually went surprising well, and I saw Mama D smile and
laugh several times today, which made it more than worth the 6
hour round trip. 8)
I hope you all are keeping well. :-*
[/quote]
Warms my heart to read this Dan. Happy you had some quality time
with your Mom. I know it put a smile on your kind face.
🙂👍🏻❤️
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Re: Mama D turned 89 today
By: dinkleburg Date: April 9, 2021, 12:45 pm
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[quote author=AJ link=topic=746.msg6620#msg6620 date=1617969305]
[quote author=dinkleburg link=topic=746.msg6619#msg6619
date=1617944879]
Sis and I went down to spend the afternoon with her in the long
term care facility.
We're the only two allowed to visit her in person because of teh
Covid. :(
I set up a group video chat with some of the family, and we
chatted for over an hour.
It actually went surprising well, and I saw Mama D smile and
laugh several times today, which made it more than worth the 6
hour round trip. 8)
I hope you all are keeping well. :-*
[/quote]
Warms my heart to read this Dan. Happy you had some quality time
with your Mom. I know it put a smile on your kind face.
🙂👍🏻❤️
[/quote]
It most certainly did. It's usually a bittersweet thing when I
visit Mama D. Watching her health deteriorate these last few
years breaks my heart. For a little while yesterday, we were all
able to forget our problems and just have fun as a family. I
hope we get to do it again, and I hope we get to do it in person
soon.
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Re: Mama D turned 89 today
By: AJ Date: April 9, 2021, 2:52 pm
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[quote author=dinkleburg link=topic=746.msg6621#msg6621
date=1617990315]
[quote author=AJ link=topic=746.msg6620#msg6620 date=1617969305]
[quote author=dinkleburg link=topic=746.msg6619#msg6619
date=1617944879]
It most certainly did. It's usually a bittersweet thing when I
visit Mama D. Watching her health deteriorate these last few
years breaks my heart. For a little while yesterday, we were all
able to forget our problems and just have fun as a family. I
hope we get to do it again, and I hope we get to do it in person
soon.
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I hope so too. I hope we can collectively get this virus rubbed
out and get back whatever passed for normal prior to this
pandemic.
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Re: Mama D turned 89 today
By: dinkleburg Date: April 9, 2021, 6:29 pm
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[quote author=AJ link=topic=746.msg6622#msg6622 date=1617997945]
[quote author=dinkleburg link=topic=746.msg6621#msg6621
date=1617990315]
[quote author=AJ link=topic=746.msg6620#msg6620 date=1617969305]
[quote author=dinkleburg link=topic=746.msg6619#msg6619
date=1617944879]
It most certainly did. It's usually a bittersweet thing when I
visit Mama D. Watching her health deteriorate these last few
years breaks my heart. For a little while yesterday, we were all
able to forget our problems and just have fun as a family. I
hope we get to do it again, and I hope we get to do it in person
soon.
[/quote]
I hope so too. I hope we can collectively get this virus rubbed
out and get back whatever passed for normal prior to this
pandemic.
[/quote]
Amen to that.
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Re: Mama D turned 89 today
By: The Dudely Lama Date: April 9, 2021, 7:34 pm
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on taking care of parents that are aging and need assistance, i
can attest that you will never regret the kindness and care you
give despite perception of current difficulty... all i know is
from what ive seen of you, someone did a proper job of fetchin’
you up, lad... not that my opinion means anything, but ive
watched a human or two behave now and again, and you follow a
good heart. im glad we crossed paths.
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Re: Mama D turned 89 today
By: dinkleburg Date: April 10, 2021, 12:13 pm
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[quote author=The Dudely Lama link=topic=746.msg6625#msg6625
date=1618014843]
on taking care of parents that are aging and need assistance, i
can attest that you will never regret the kindness and care you
give despite perception of current difficulty... all i know is
from what ive seen of you, someone did a proper job of fetchin’
you up, lad... not that my opinion means anything, but ive
watched a human or two behave now and again, and you follow a
good heart. im glad we crossed paths.
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Thanks, Dudely. That means a lot to me.
When Mom and Dad started having difficulties, I made a decision
to help them both as best I could because I didn't want to look
back on this time and know that I could have done more. That
being said, I do have days where I wish I was able to do more
for them, but I did what I was able to at the time. It certainly
hasn't been easy, but I'm glad I was able to help as much as I
have.
Edited because I have fat fingers. :)
P.S. I'm glad our paths have crossed, too. :-*
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Re: Mama D turned 89 today
By: Evil Imp Date: April 14, 2021, 6:30 pm
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a belated happy birthday to mama Dinks!
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Re: Mama D turned 89 today
By: dinkleburg Date: April 15, 2021, 12:25 pm
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[quote author=Evil Imp link=topic=746.msg6628#msg6628
date=1618443005]
a belated happy birthday to mama Dinks!
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Thanks, Mr Imp!
I'll be sure to pass on your birthday greeting when I see her
next week.
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