Hi guys, I just wanted to say thank you for all of the support you have sent my way. It does help...a lot. I am still raw, but I know that with time I will get better. I miss my mom horribly and I keep picking-up the phone to speak to her. It kills me, but I will learn. She is being cremated tomorrow, we are having a wake for all of her neighborhood friends on Wednesday and a mass on Saturday. We will release her ashes by the ocean afterwards. I hope my mom is happy where she is now. I hope she knows that we all miss her and love her. Thank you all for being my friends. I will be off the loops for a bit until I get myself together. I am sorry if I have not answered your personal letters, but I just can't right now. I have received them and have kept them all to remind me of all the support I have had from my friends. Hugs, Maithe