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Casket Shopping

2/9/11 5:30am by Atlanticwriter
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That was an experience I could do without.I went casket shopping.Now... I have come to learn that I am a comfort shopper.  I have never liked to shop but I have learned it is an excellent distraction.  Thankfully most of my consumer urges are directed towards Frenchy's (an outstanding used clothing outlet) so it is easier on the bank account.  That said...  Read more >

Saying Goodbye...

2/8/11 9:48am by Atlanticwriter
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I said goodbye to my mother tonight.She's not there...  Read more >

Waiting for Death

2/7/11 7:08am by Atlanticwriter
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I feel like a ghoul.I'm waiting for death.  Not with dread but with a sense of anticipation... of needing relief.The last month has been one of the most physically and emotionally exhausting of my life.My heart stops when the phone rings.  Then, when it isn't news of my mother's death, I feel relief and then disappointment.I want my mother to die.....  Read more >

All is Not as it should be

2/7/11 7:07am by Atlanticwriter
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"All is as it should be."These are supposed to be words of comfort and while they are well meant and I thank people for their concern... I have trouble seeing this whole experience is 'as it should be.'How should it be that my seven year old niece had to say goodbye to her Grandmother yesterday?  How should it be that my children miss their mother while I wait for death to take the woman the nurtured me? How should it be that less than five years after cancer took my father, it has come for my mother?  Read more >

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