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/2012/02/she-is-tired/ http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/she-is-tired/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:07:45 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=747 Share|Sitting, reading, and that is about it. What kind of life is that?  And yet Mom seems to just want that, but I don’t know. I sit here, watching and I wonder what goes through her mind, as she sits day in, day out, doing nothing but reading a book. She reads the newspaper, cover to cover, but does it sink in? Is she simply tired of making an effort, of living?  You can see it in her eyes at times, that look of just plain exhaustion, of weariness.  And it kind of makes you wonder, about life, about what…

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2012/02/she-is-tired/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2011/08/i-just-want-a-life/ http://mymotherslife.com/2011/08/i-just-want-a-life/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:34:20 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/2011/08/i-just-want-a-life/ Share|It is life, and yet, one questions the reason for it. Why give life, only to snatch it away later on? Why make those who near the end of their life, struggle and live in pain? Why make those who love them, watch it and know they can't do anything about it? Why?

]]> http://mymotherslife.com/2011/08/i-just-want-a-life/feed/ 0 http://mymotherslife.com/2011/03/why-should-we-pay-for-old-people/ http://mymotherslife.com/2011/03/why-should-we-pay-for-old-people/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:02:45 +0000 Only Son http://mymotherslife.com/?p=580 Share|Improving the quality of life should be a priority for all citizens, not a benefit for a select few. Social Security needs strengthening, not dismantling as Mr. Harper wants to do. We need a Government who will let Seniors live with dignity, not in poverty, in disgrace. It is our obligation, our responsibilities to care for them, but we need help at times. Everyone does, no matter their political stripe or wealth.

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