I'm going to see my stepmother on Friday.

NNadir

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Wed Aug-26-09 11:37 PM
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I'm going to see my stepmother on Friday.

My wife and I have difficult work schedules, and we haven't had the opportunity to see my step mother for some time, too long a time. I call her regularly, but I feel like a cad for having not going to see her. She lives about 3 to 4 hours away by car.

But we're off this week and will get away to see her.

She's 81 and we love her very much.

I do so love her for the way she loved my father, and took care of him when he was dying, and also just because she's the sweetest kindest person in the world.

I was scared I would lose her before seeing her again.

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Gormy Cuss

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Wed Aug-26-09 11:39 PM
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1. I hope that you have a lovely visit

and that you bring a smile to her face.

Making time for family is sometimes hard but so necessary.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Wed Aug-26-09 11:45 PM
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2. My dear NNadir...

Ah, good for you!

I'm sure she's aware of how much you love her and is very understanding of how complicated your lives are...

Have a great visit!

:hug:

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NNadir

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Wed Aug-26-09 11:52 PM
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3. Some years after my father died she sat with me and said,

Edited on Wed Aug-26-09 11:53 PM by NNadir

"I hope I loved him enough."

Of course she did.

I thought to myself that this was the way I wanted to be married, in such a way as to always wonder if I am loving my wife enough.

I was in my twenties when she married my father, no child anymore. I suppose there was no real formal reason to begin to think of her as a mother, as my mother was dead, but over the years she became the only mother-in-law my wife ever knew, the only grandmother to my children on my side and with no disrespect to my own mother, I am sure I will grieve equally should I lose her.

She is a very beautiful woman, and I have been blessed to have her.

Thank you Peg.

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