D&K's Cafe End of Summer Contest

[seacrestkristi]

OMG, that sounds like so much funn.

 

[Minnie]

Well, I know mine wasn't a "story", but it was written from my heart. Thank you RiverOtter for taking that beautiful picture. I hope you don't mind that I used it. Really, words for me cannot express my feelings about our special place, or this message board. The friends that I have made here will be with me until the end, and I mean that. I try to explain to people that don't "get it" how special it is. I will keep trying until they finally do.

Your Poem made me think of one of my favorite sayings. I have a calendar a friend sent me and on it each day is a saying, today's is:

One of life's greatest treasures is the love that binds hearts together in friendship

I have been blessed to find this special group and soon my daughter will be a SoWal resident and I can share my greatest treasure with my new friends. Her name is Meredith which is Welsh for guardian or protector from the sea, so I am sure she will be right at home.

 

[ItzKatzTime]

Ohhh savvytangerine your story gave me the inspiration to do the same thing with some friends next time I have a birthday. What a great story and pictures....and such a clever idea!!!!

HOORAY FOR MISS SAVVYTANGERINE FOR TEACHING US HOW BE A KID AGAIN!!!!​

Loved the story that Minnie shared about her parents.....she and I had sweet conversation about them.

And, get ready everyone as she is going to be a regular on SoWal....and she has a lot to say!!!!

 

[Minnie]

and she has a lot to say!!!!

Not sure that is a good thing.

Everyone would have liked my Dad. He was a man of few words, unlike me.

My brother has his PhD in religion and he delivered the memorial service for my Dad. He said that my Dad was never one to do a lot of talking. That my Dad reminded him of something he read once about Abe Lincoln.

"That it was better to say little and have people think you are intelligent, than to say alot and prove them wrong."

I should be more like my Dad. :roll:

 

[LightWorker]

Not sure that is a good thing.

Minnie as Martha Stewart would say (It's a good thing)

 

[Minnie]

Not sure that is a good thing.

Minnie as Martha Stewart would say (It's a good thing)

And we know where she ended up.

 

[ItzKatzTime]

Please keep your entries coming in......they are all so wonderful! I may be gone for a while.......I will return. Your SoWal friend Kat

 

[Beach Runner]

I took my Mom to the doctor for a regular checkup a couple of weeks ago. Her mental facilities are deteriorating rapidly, and she has lost a lot of weight. The doctor told me that she has Alzheimer's anorexia and that she didn't have long to live. With tears in his eyes, he told me that she would die peacefully and with no pain. He didn't recommend taking extraordinary measures to save her, such as a feeding tube. I totally agree because that would cause her to be institutionalized and suffer pain, when now my siblings and I have decided to pay for someone to stay with her in the security and comfort of her own home. The doctor said that basically my Mom's body is healthy, but she has "left the building." I had come to a realization of this in the past few months, but it was incredibly difficult to hear someone verbalize this. Mom was sitting right there when he said this, and she wasn't lucid enough to understand what he was saying.

I love you, Mama. As a direct quote from you, Mama, which some of you on this board will remember, I will say that "even if I saw you every day, it wouldn't be enough. I love you."

 

[seacrestkristi]

Oh BR, I am sorry. This must be so hard. It is wonderful that you and your siblings are working together to have a caretaker sit with her and feed her, so she can stay in her home. Prayers are with her and you.

 

[Allifunn]

Wonderful poem, KDW!
Great story about your mom & dad, Minnie
Funn idea, Kat.
If I tried to write about my summer...it would be a novel! I had the best summer EVER!