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A S I S E E IT !
I a m so g la d to s e e 2 0 1 7 e n d , a v e ry e m o tio n a l y e a r fo r m y fa m ily . It b e g a n in F e b ru ­
a ry w ith th e lo ss o f m y b e lo v e d F a th e r-In -L a w a n d th e n th e w e e k o f C h ristm a s sa w u s m a k ­
in g a fa s t trip to S a lem . M y M o th e r-In -L a w w e n t in to th e h o s p ita l w ith c o n g e s tiv e h e a rt
fa ilu re a n d a c u te k id n e y fa ilu re . S h e is c la s s e d a s E n d S ta g e A lz h e im e r's , a n d th e fa m ily
h a d to p la c e h e r o n H o s p ic e . T h a t w a s th e m o s t g u t w re n c h in g d e c is io n fo r a ll o f u s, b u t w e
a ll kn o w th a t it is n e c e s s a ry .
M y M o th e r-In -L a w w a s a v ib ra n t, a c tiv e w o m a n w h o I c o n s id e re d o n e o f m y b e s t
frie n d s . W e w o rk e d to g e th e r a t h e r re s ta u ra n t in E a gle P o in t b e fo re th e y w o n th e lo tte ry
a n d w e h a d so m u ch fu n to g e th e r. W e h a d a w a ll o f c o ffe e cu p s a n d e a c h o n e w a s u se d e v e ry
d a y , w e h a d ja m s e s s io ns tw ic e a m o n th a n d w e m a d e life lo n g frie n d s w ith o u r c u s to m e rs .
S h e d o e s n 't re c o g n iz e a n y o f u s b u t s u b c o n s c io u s ly s h e kn o w s, w h e n w e w e re th e re ,
s h e w a n te d to g o h o m e w ith u s. S h e u n c o n d itio n a lly lo v e d h e r s ix c h ild re n , a d o re d h e r 12
g ra n d c h ild re n a n d s p o ile d h e r 14 g re a t g ra n d ch ild re n . I m iss h e r.
T h e re w e re so m e g o o d th in g s th a t h a p p e ne d a ls o , it w a s n 't a ll b a d . M y h u s b a n d re ­
tire d in J u ly , m y g ra n d c h ild re n a re a c o n sta n t s o u rc e o f a m u s e m e n t a n d a m a z e m e n t to m e
e v e ry d a y , m y fo s te r d a u g h te r A rie lle (w h o I h o p e w ill b e c o m e m y d a u g h te r s o o n ), m y c h il ­
d re n w h o m I lo ve to th e m o on a n d b a c k a n d m y frie n d s w h o I c o u n t o n .
I d o n 't b e lie v e in re s o lu tio n s b u t I d id m a ke o n e th is y e a r. M y re s o lu tio n is to ta k e
c a re o f m y s e lf a n d to s ta n d u p fo r m y s e lf. I c a re fo r so m a ny p e o p le th a t I s o m e tim e s fo r ­
g e t a b o u t m y s e lf a n d I a m a n o n -c o n fro n ta tio n a l p e rs o n w h o w o u ld ra th e r ju s t w a lk a w a y
th a n s a y a n y th in g . S o lo o k o u t w o rld !!
I h o p e 2 0 1 8 is g o o d fo r yo u a n d y o u rs . M a y y o u h a ve p e a c e a n d m a ny b le s s in g s !
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