On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 05:10:54PM -0800, Rick Womer wrote: # We got back from a pleasant weekend in Exeter around mid-day one week ago, and the phone rang. It was my mother; my father (who had severe dementia) had developed pneumonia, and wasn't expected to live long. # # We did the laundry, re-packed, and the next morning were winging our way to JFK. He died that morning, while we were on the plane. The funeral was Saturday.
My condolences. My father died about four years ago, and I still catch myself thinking that I've got to ask him about something. # # About 36 hours before the funeral, we phoned my father-in-law. His # speech was very slurred, and he was having trouble finding words. # Long story short, he was admitted to the hospital with a small # stroke or big TIA (transient ischemic attack). He's doing better, # and should be going to rehab in a day or two. Double ouch. My Mom went through that last Summer. She's doing much better now. # # So yesterday we drove from New Haven (where my family is # headquartered) down to New Brunswick (where my father-in-law is); we # are now in a hotel near Newark airport with a flight back to the UK # tomorrow morning. So, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? # # I am exhausted. I am trying to ignore the 732 unread PDML messages... See what happens when you don't read it for two days? # # I did a little shooting during a calming walk along a beach in Connecticut, and may post a PESO later. # # Rick # # http://photo.net/photos/RickW # # # # # -- # PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List # [email protected] # http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net # to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photographs are like sentences, the best ones have both subjects and verbs. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
