[tri-med] Re: An admin thankyou

I am so sorry for your loss.  You were very lucky to know someone that 
great.  I will keep you in my thoughts.

Kim Ihlenfeldt


>From: "Karen" <karens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [tri-med] An admin thankyou
>Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:45:58 +1100
>
>Thankyou Michelle and everyone who handled this entire discussion with such
>dignity. When I saw the messages I cringed thinking that my few days 
>absence
>saw me arriving back to a nasty situation. I certainly wasn't in the mood 
>so
>I thank each and every one of you.
>
>My absence was due to a death in the family. My fathers older sister,
>Kathleen Margaret Magdaline passed away last Sunday and it has left me with
>a very broken heart. Aunty Kath was my "other mum". Even though she lived 
>in
>another state she was always willing to listen and lend a helping hand and
>offer support. She had had a very hard life, a life so hard that I can't
>begin to imagine. But she was always the optimist, could always find the
>good in someone or any situation.
>
>The last trip that she ever made was to Alex's christening. The moment that
>she saw him she told me he was destined for something very special. She 
>also
>told me that his biggest problem was sleep - and she was right, we just
>didn't know it at the time. (At the time Alex had severe central and
>obstructive apneas that were as yet undiagnosed) I last saw her three years
>ago when I took Alex down to see her for her 90th birthday. Alex was her
>pride and joy. She was the "glue" of our family and will be very much
>missed.
>
>Kath was 93, and everyone says that she had a good innings, she did, right
>up to the last she lived by herself, cooked and cared for herself. She had
>even made her own mince pies for Christmas visitors before she died. The
>only concession she had made in recent years was to give up driving 5 years
>ago and to get someone in to clean the bathroom and vacumn the floors. But
>its still not fair.
>
>Only a few weeks ago we joked that she had to keep going to get a telegram
>from the queen. What hurts the most is that she knew she was sick, even 
>then
>and didn't let anyone in the family know (she had liver and lung cancer).
>She knew that I would have moved heaven and earth to get down to see her 
>and
>be with her if I had known. I guess she wanted to spare us all the pain she
>was going through. It still just doesn't seem fair.
>
>My heart still hurts, but I thank you deeply for being such dignified folk
>in my absence.
>
>Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
>                                             -- Josh Billings
>
>Keep Looking For Rainbows!!
>    _--_|\
>  /Karen \
>  \ _.--._ /
>           v Karen, Mum to Alex (12 years, T-18 Mosaic)
>http://members.optushome.com.au/karens
>
>                   Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
>                        www.trisomyonline.org
>                   Families Helping Families On-line
>

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