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document.write( " (Mary):" );
document.write( " I lost my mother on July 5, 1995. I was 34 years old. A young 18 year old girl in my work lost her mother a few days past Christmas. She asked me when do you get over it, when does it get better. I told her never. Yes, the sharp grief fades, but it is always a part of you and not a day goes by that I don’t think of her and still need her." );
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document.write( " (Rob Robinson):" );
document.write( " Mary, your words are painful to read, but I think you are right. It may hurt, but I wouldn\'t trade the memories I have for anything, even avoiding that pain. Your advice to your coworker, I think, was good even if it was tough for her to hear." );
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document.write( " (Joe P.):" );
document.write( " I hear you. Ever since my dad died, there’s this weirdness in everything that remained. Like most people, I struggled for many years to establish my differences from my parents and since his death, I see mostly how deeply tied to each other we are in my family and in the world in general.My mom just marked her 82nd birthday, and while she has handled the loss of her 50-plus years partner, I know it pains her deeply to be alone. She is a most active person, always making new friends, trying new things and basically just living and overall, living well. Since my dad died, she and I have spent more time together than ever before. I learn new things from her about herself, about our family and about me too.And yet always lurking there around the edges is that Time is not on her side. We don’t dwell on it in our conversations, but we do tallk about it. We look it square in the eye, but our thoughts are more about living and laughing and even just mundane things. But I know something I never knew before, which is that all those moments, little and large, will one day me simply memories in my mind. So I tell her I love her so often I know she wonders what’s up with me.In the years since my dad died, so have most of his siblings. I often ponder on the many times we were all together, when life was longer and safer than an eternal summer day in the arms of childhood. I tell others now of those times in hopes of extending all those memories far beyond the time I have, to send it on and on.Which all just means I loved your post. All who read it learn more about you and carry the memory of your relationship with your mom ourselves and will share it with others too. I do hate to hear that your heart hurts some when Feb. rolls around, it’s an unwanted marker on the road. But thanks much for sharing." );
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document.write( " Salems Lots: BANNED in CHINA" );
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document.write( " (badbadivyMarch 14 2007 at):" );
document.write( " LMAO Rob, I have the same prob. We must be so cool they don’t even WANT us to know whether we’re banned or not." );
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document.write( " (Rob Robinson):" );
document.write( " Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? I guess this means it\'s time for a toga party. ;)" );
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document.write( " (hutchmoMarch 15 2007 at):" );
document.write( " Rob – apparently, your alma mater is Faber College (Where knowledge is Good). Always good to know. I’m guessing that few of the alumni, like you, will ever be able to be read in China." );
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