Author Topic: It's been a long time..  (Read 12189 times)

pat

  • Eulexic
  • ***
  • Posts: 3376
  • Rugby, England.
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2012, 08:38:05 PM »
Sorry to hear about your mum, bobbi. It must have been an awful time for all of you, trying to get things sorted. Hopefully your mum will get the care she needs in the hospice.

bobbi

  • Cryptoverbalist
  • *
  • Posts: 855
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2012, 05:35:02 PM »
Thanks Pat, to update, it now appears that my mum has had a stroke. She's not distressed or in any pain, so I guess that's good news.  It's too early for the doctors to give any prognosis so we wait and see. My visitor's visa runs out on October 6th and we (I have my younger daughter here with me,) are booked to fly back home on October 4th. Not too sure what is going to happen about that now. Growing old is certainly not for sissies!

birdy

  • Eulexic
  • ***
  • Posts: 3370
  • Brooklyn, NY
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2012, 07:01:49 AM »
Very sorry to hear about your mother, Bobbi.  I just hope that it works out for the best, whichever the best will be.

bobbi

  • Cryptoverbalist
  • *
  • Posts: 855
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2012, 06:57:36 PM »
Thanks Birdy.

My mom died on Tuesday afternoon. She went very peacefully with my daughter sitting at her bedside, holding her hand.

Her memorial service is to be held on Monday afternoon in the garden at the home where she moved to at the beginning of the month. The weather forecast is good, so hopefully we will be able to be outside in the spring sunshine while we celebrate her 82 years of life  :)

We then fly back to New Zealand on Thursday 4th October, so heaps to do before then!

pat

  • Eulexic
  • ***
  • Posts: 3376
  • Rugby, England.
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #19 on: September 27, 2012, 07:05:45 PM »
Many commiserations, Bobbi. A very sad time for you all but at least she's not suffering any more.

Gaye Christine

  • Paronomaniac
  • ******
  • Posts: 339
  • Johannesburg, South Africa
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #20 on: September 27, 2012, 07:17:01 PM »
Ah, Bobbi, so sad, but so glad for you that she was not alone.  So many pass without a loved one by
their side.  Wishing you and your family peace.

birdy

  • Eulexic
  • ***
  • Posts: 3370
  • Brooklyn, NY
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2012, 08:15:43 AM »
Sad that you lost your mother, Bobbi, but glad that you were able to have her so long - there must be many, many happy memories of earlier times.

cb

  • Linguissimo
  • *****
  • Posts: 204
  • Edinburgh, Scotland
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2012, 07:12:55 PM »
Sorry to hear of your loss, but pleased you were all still nearby and that she had family beside her at the end.
cb

jane@manutd

  • Paronomaniac
  • ******
  • Posts: 450
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #23 on: October 09, 2012, 06:44:48 AM »
Hi T and Bobbi, so sorry to hear of all the sadness in your lives recently. I haven't been on here often in the last little while but popped on tonight and saw your news.
Thoughts, love, hugs and prayers for you both and your families xxxx

T, we were down in Weymouth and Portland in July, I actually looked on here to see if you were around. We spent a few days around there after going to the Tank Fest at Bovington with friends.
Nice to have you around again - Hags re-united anyone??  >:D

birdy

  • Eulexic
  • ***
  • Posts: 3370
  • Brooklyn, NY
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #24 on: October 10, 2012, 06:10:59 AM »
"Hags Reunited" would be a fine thing!  We'd probably have a few new recruits.

technomc

  • WordStar
  • ****
  • Posts: 8513
  • Dorset UK
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #25 on: October 10, 2012, 08:00:59 PM »
Hi Jane,

i am gutted that you were here and we didnt get to meet up...what a shame..
But now you know where it is, and how gorgeous it is, maybe you will come again!!!..

Hope the town put on a good time for you....

jane@manutd

  • Paronomaniac
  • ******
  • Posts: 450
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2013, 07:41:35 AM »
Well ....I missed your reply T, got way laid by 'real life'!
Hope everyone is ok, life has it's ups and downs but it's still nice to be able to pop in to old familiar places and find that things haven't changed!
As I said previously - Hags Re-united anyone??  >:D
Oh, and I became a grandmother for the second time in December, a little boy called William  :)

birdy

  • Eulexic
  • ***
  • Posts: 3370
  • Brooklyn, NY
    • View Profile
Re: It's been a long time..
« Reply #27 on: March 16, 2013, 03:33:31 PM »
Congratulations, Granny!  Two of them - that will keep you busy running after them!