Comments on: The cruel vagary of NOT dying http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/ motherhood, and all the rest of it. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lori Jones http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1382 Lori Jones Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:14:23 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1382 Lovely piece. Thanks for writing it and sharing it. Lovely piece. Thanks for writing it and sharing it.

]]> By: laura http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1378 laura Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:51:00 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1378 After his wife died, my great-uncle stopped taking his blood pressure medicine. Last year, he waited until he could vote in the presidential election (!) and then stopped eating and drinking. It still took several weeks for him to pass away. He was a really great person and I miss him, but I understand that he was ready to go. After his wife died, my great-uncle stopped taking his blood pressure medicine. Last year, he waited until he could vote in the presidential election (!) and then stopped eating and drinking. It still took several weeks for him to pass away. He was a really great person and I miss him, but I understand that he was ready to go.

]]> By: Debra http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1376 Debra Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:15:38 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1376 Catherine, what a lovely comment. So nice that she sees what you see. Catherine, what a lovely comment. So nice that she sees what you see.

]]> By: kagranju http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1375 kagranju Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:30:47 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1375 @Catherine - It's wonderful that you have that relationhip with your grandmother. I adore mine as well. I am more like her in more ways than I am like anyone else in the world. Your idea about hiring a student to read to her is SUCH a great one! I am going to check on that ASAP. @Catherine – It’s wonderful that you have that relationhip with your grandmother. I adore mine as well. I am more like her in more ways than I am like anyone else in the world.

Your idea about hiring a student to read to her is SUCH a great one! I am going to check on that ASAP.

]]> By: Catherine http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1374 Catherine Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:26:33 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1374 My grandmother turned 94 a couple of weeks ago. Her health has declined, obviously, as well. She was an avid gardner, even few years ago. Now she doesn't leave the house. She has good mental days and bad mental days, and I'm sure her hearing makes her more confused than she really is sometimes. It's been so difficult to see someone so strong, decline. I treasure the relationship that we have though. We have always been close but now she genuinely knows the adult I've grown to be and we have a very special relationship. She's very reserved and quiet but has embraced Brenden in a way that touches my heart so completely. I know she sees what I see and that makes me love him even more. I'll be thinking of you and your grandmother. *Could you pay a high school student to read to her? I'd have loved that job in high school! My grandmother turned 94 a couple of weeks ago. Her health has declined, obviously, as well. She was an avid gardner, even few years ago. Now she doesn’t leave the house. She has good mental days and bad mental days, and I’m sure her hearing makes her more confused than she really is sometimes. It’s been so difficult to see someone so strong, decline.

I treasure the relationship that we have though. We have always been close but now she genuinely knows the adult I’ve grown to be and we have a very special relationship. She’s very reserved and quiet but has embraced Brenden in a way that touches my heart so completely. I know she sees what I see and that makes me love him even more.

I’ll be thinking of you and your grandmother.

*Could you pay a high school student to read to her? I’d have loved that job in high school!

]]> By: Debra http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1373 Debra Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:23:08 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1373 Beautiful writing, Katie. I'm so sorry for the state she is in. Beautiful writing, Katie. I’m so sorry for the state she is in.

]]> By: Nanny http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1372 Nanny Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:24:48 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1372 When your grandfather was dying of cancer, he told me in the middle of one especially difficult night, "This is no way to live. It's no way to die either." When your grandfather was dying of cancer, he told me in the middle of one especially difficult night, “This is no way to live. It’s no way to die either.”

]]> By: Marie-Eve http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1371 Marie-Eve Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:52:00 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1371 Great, great post. Great, great post.

]]> By: Becca http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1370 Becca Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:43:18 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1370 I sincerely believe there is a fate worse than death and this sounds like it. What a great post. I sincerely believe there is a fate worse than death and this sounds like it. What a great post.

]]> By: newscoma http://mamapundit.com/2009/08/the-cruel-vagary-of-not-dying/#comment-1369 newscoma Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:41:12 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=904#comment-1369 You made me cry. This was beautiful. You made me cry. This was beautiful.

]]>