Sue, everything we have said to Maithe also applies to you and your loss. Continue to miss and mourn in your own way knowing you are not alone. Sharon -----Original Message----- From: Pat Ferguson [mailto:patferguson@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:10 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: sorry Dear Sue, Oh, how sad to loose your Mother and then your GrandMother. I'm so sorry to hear of this. Please accept a huge long hug from me. Lovingly, Pat Ferguson At 12:33 AM 1/6/2008, you wrote: >Mathe, Ann and all, > >You could not know how your messages have affected me. On December >15 of 2007, my mother passed away suddenly. Twelve days later, so >did my grandmother, my mother's mother. She had always been like a >mother to me as well, raising me along with my mom because my dad >died when I was two. Mathe, I am sorry for your loss. Know that you >are not alone. > >Sue > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 10:14 PM >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: sorry > > >>Hi all, >> >>Yes, it is difficult to lose a parent. My mother said, after my >>grandfather died that it was as if the earth trembled for >>her. Having lost both parents, I know about grieving firsthand. >> >><sigh> One of the things I have found is that this particular >>society is unmindful of the needs of those who grieve. we used to >>be, but aren't any longer. >> >>Used to be one would wear black for a year to signify that you were >>in in mourning. This gave you license for behavior which wouldn't >>be condoned under other circumstances. >> >>Maithe, if you're reading this, don't be surprised at anything that >>may happen to you in the next few weeks and months. My short term >>memory went to Hell in a handbasket when my dad died. I couldn't >>remember what people said to me five minutes ago. And the weirdest >>things can set you off, either to weep or to be angry. Grief is a >>very private and personal thing, and it affects each person >>differently depending on the person grieving and for whom they grieve. >> >>Blessings, >>Ann P. >> >>-- >>Ann K. Parsons >>Portal Tutoring >>EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>http://www.portaltutoring.info >>"All that is gold does not glitter, >>Not all those who wander are lost." >> >>Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >>www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to >>bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get >> a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the >> subject line. > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to >bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get > a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the > subject line. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.