http://mymotherslife.com Dedicated to the Only Woman I'll Love, My Mother. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mymotherslife.com/2011/05/mom-is-94-today/ http://mymotherslife.com/2011/05/mom-is-94-today/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 23:13:21 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=606 Share|I remember the sense of community we had in Edmonton. It is different here, in Victoria. Not sure why, or how, but it seems like it is more about who you are, about how much money you have or your family, that determines if its okay to come for a visit, or not. Mom is 94, you'd think that would be enough to have people want to visit her. Guess I am just too gay for them, or we just dont have the pedigree & wealth.

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2011/05/mom-is-94-today/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2011/03/trapped-in-an-endless-dark-hole/ http://mymotherslife.com/2011/03/trapped-in-an-endless-dark-hole/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:21:43 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=550 Share|Taking on the chore of caring for an elderly parent is not simple, not easy. It is filled with constant stress that wears at the mind, at the spirit. It tests your faith in God, in humanity, as you struggle to provide the essentials to make an old parent, comfortable in their remaining years. You zap your own energy, spirit, to keep theirs blinking. You fight wars that you shouldn't, simply because giving up means death. You think of dark thoughts, instead of happy ones, because you are trapped, in an endless circle of darkness.

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2011/03/trapped-in-an-endless-dark-hole/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2011/02/a-lonely-vigil/ http://mymotherslife.com/2011/02/a-lonely-vigil/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:19:13 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=518 Share|Would I do this job over again, if I knew now, what I know about it? Would I be the good son, or would I be selfish and ignore what is the right thing to do? Not an easy question to answer, because this lonely vigil is filled with stress, with depressing thoughts, and for what? Does it make any difference, or is it simply a futile gesture? Hard to know, yet is there even a choice?

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2011/02/a-lonely-vigil/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2010/11/fancy-words-to-scare-the-shit-out-of-you/ http://mymotherslife.com/2010/11/fancy-words-to-scare-the-shit-out-of-you/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:55:40 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=474 Share|So many medical terms, that really sound worse than they are, or are they as bad as they sound? Hard to know these days, as it makes you feel shell shocked. How do you cope, when your world seems to be crashing around you?

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