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Afzal
I'm so sorry to hear about your mother. Illness and the aging of family members is one of those things that weighs on me all the time. I have a real fear of it, although I know it is inevitable. I can tell by what you've said that you are struggling with this as well, and I will read your installments in your blog. I can handle bad things happening to me, but to have to watch bad things happen to my children, my parents, my brother hurts worse, I think. Helplessness is the worst feeling. Thanks for sharing, Afzal. I will keep your family in my thoughts.
posted by
terpgirl30
on September 30, 2006 at 10:35 PM
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terpgirl30, My mother is living 1200 KM away from me and she has turned
very old and if you ever happen to read my autobiography you will come to know that how painful her every moment in this is .She is almost on her death bed waiting for her son has gone missing now more that fifteen years. I shall be going on the 7th of October to see her and my journey is quite long and tiring as in India in certain parts the transport is still like the snail.I liked your question and it has touched my heart .Thanks.
posted by
afzal50
on September 30, 2006 at 4:08 PM
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Afzal
I think all the time about families who live far apart. I am agonizing now over where to live. My children live in one location, I would have better job opportunities in another, and my parents live in the other direction. As they are getting older, I feel the desire to be in that area again. It will kill any chance of getting a job in my field unless I am self employed again.
I had a friend in India (I still have him but we haven't spoken in years) who traveled to find the best job, and I know he lived far from his family. I get that out of necessity people do it. In the states, many of us tend to move to different areas just to try them out. Others meet and marry others from another state, so they end up away from their family of origin.
I have been reading Spitfire's blog on her gravely ill mother, and how she has been traveling back and forth, and I think myself so fortunate that I haven't had to do that. I can't imagine it.
How far away do you live from your mother, if you don't mind me asking?
posted by
terpgirl30
on September 30, 2006 at 3:40 PM
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Don't forget Norman's
Which we found by accident.
posted by
mikea18
on September 30, 2006 at 10:55 AM
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I travel once a year to see mother and that's a very passionate deal
for me. Thanks.
posted by
afzal50
on September 30, 2006 at 10:33 AM
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