Yeah, sorry to hear about that Andrea and I'm glad I don't have to add an explicitive to say that.

Remember the power of acceptance and happiness.

Hi Andrea,
I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I would like to share my story with you.
I was driving home on a Thursday night thinking about the "random acts of kindness" that I regulary perform and how this made me feel good. I know it was my mom's influence (she did charity work all her life) that made me this way and I wanted to thank her next time I saw her. I was awakened in the morning by a phone call saying they were rushing my mom to the hospital. By the time I reached the hospital, she was only semi-coherent. After they installed an emergency pacemaker for her heart, while she was in the recovery room, I held her hand and thanked her for making me the kind & compassionate person I am today. Even though she was on ly semi-conscious and semi-coherent (her brain function was a fraction of normal) she opened her eyes and seemed to nod to me as if she understood what I had told her. She was never lucid or coherent after this and died a few days later. I like to think her last thoughts were hearing me thank her for her gifts of love and compassion.
My message to you and others would be to tell those who you care about how you feel now before your oppurtunity is gone to express your true feelings.
Every day tell someone you love them.
I hope your mom recovers and you can share many more happy moments together.
Much love to all of you.

I'm with you, Dave. It's really nice to be able to extend your empathy to someone w/out having to curse.

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