Helen, that is a lovely and loving tribute to one who must have been a
wonderful mother and friend.
I guess mothers have a reputation for putting others ahead of themselves,
but not all of them live up to it! Yours (and mine) did, and for that we
are thankful.
>Re Adult Children of PWP.
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>I seem to have a different feeling about parents and parenting. Mu mother
>died long before my PD and I long for her caring and gentle touch. I don't
>wish she knew about my condition now but it would have brought out the best
>in both of us. Her greatest joy and my greatest solice was always when we
>could do anything for each other. Her caring went much further than just her
>family. She was not educated beyond high school but her wisdom to me was
>awesome. My greatest regret with PD is that it somewhat limited my patterning
>my life after hers. She used to say you only have what you give. I never
>quiet knew what she meant by that until after she was gone and even to this
>day I hear what a difference she made in peoples lives, some I didn't know and
>much of what she did NO one knew.
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Camilla Flintermann Oxford,OH
http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm
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