Post #64563 by tikivixen on Thu, Dec 11, 2003 9:43 PM

My goodness, I've been off TC for something like two months--but it feels like years! Arghhh! Thank heavens, I'm made it back just in time for my birthday and Christmas!

Thank you VERY much, Jungletrader, for your kind post, and also to all of you who replied. Your sympathy and support are simply wonderful. I've long been of the opinion that TCers are the nicest group of people I've ever been lucky enough to encounter!

My Mom had been ailing for almost a year when her cousin and I finally moved her to a nursing home in the town where she was born, Visalia CA. She thrived under the excellent care she received, and I was able to visit and spend time with her almost every week. Some people might not have enjoyed the long drives, but I came to love the Valley and the scenic farmlands and citrus groves of Central California. I feel lucky that my Mom's last months were spent in a caring place where she could be visited by her other relatives and people she grew up with, and in the last weeks of her life especially, I became closer to my long-lost family as well.

Now that she's been laid to rest with my Dad at Mountain View in Oakland (yes, near the Black Dahlia, Cynful!), I am slowly getting back to my life and trying to have a peaceful and loving Christmas with my friends and my boyfriend--and yes, we'll be visiting the cousins in Visalia too (with a stop at Minnie's along the way, of COURSE. Love old Highway 99.)

Thanks again to all of you, and Merry Christmas!!!

meowmeow,

Tikivixen