tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947964490177680498.post5183614063520709634..comments2023-09-30T08:18:57.378-05:00Comments on Pipecleaner Dreams: Busy Not Being BusyAshley's Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05621835327282616218noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947964490177680498.post-3725785802114957492009-07-06T11:03:58.095-05:002009-07-06T11:03:58.095-05:00This bring tears to my eyes. Lots a tears! My sist...This bring tears to my eyes. Lots a tears! My sister passed away, after years of struggling with cancer. She was the only one of the family living in her state. Our family took shifts flying out there to care for her, but in between she had the best friends in the world!<br />You are doing a wonderful, wonderful thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947964490177680498.post-4386126892276844962009-07-06T08:51:41.371-05:002009-07-06T08:51:41.371-05:00Nice post.
My mom passed away seven months ago an...Nice post.<br /><br />My mom passed away seven months ago and one of the things that still hurts the most is that despite all the time I did spend with her (both in the last five months she was in the hospital and before that), I still wish I had spent more time with her. <br /><br />On a couple of occasions, she offered to pay me to stay with her and not go to work when she was in the hospital. And yet I felt trapped, how could I possibly take my mom's money; the idea of her paying me to spend time with her was ludicrous. And yet I couldn't afford not to work. So I went to work. And now I regret it. And the irony of it all ... had I let her pay me not to work, I would only have been taking from my own inheritance. And I would have had more time with her.<br /><br />Slow down indeed. And always ask ourselves this: Whatever it is that seems so important at the moment (be it work, paying bills, even preparing for a school meeting), in six months or a year from now will we even remember what it was that was so important at the time? On the other hand, will we realize what we might have missed?Michelle Morgan-Coolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671529553739362752noreply@blogger.com