tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post3210847229273159711..comments2024-03-05T23:42:30.151-06:00Comments on The Poor Farm: Ten YearsJeffrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-38802969594654203632008-04-07T22:46:00.000-05:002008-04-07T22:46:00.000-05:00thanks for shairing that jeff. troythanks for shairing that jeff. troyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-86969009484915463992008-04-05T23:12:00.000-05:002008-04-05T23:12:00.000-05:00Beautiful post.I think of you every time I head ea...Beautiful post.<BR/><BR/>I think of you every time I head east on I-70 and either pass or get passed by a big truck. I hope you are able to get back on the road soon.Bob's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971565970366294930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-30684630756753092432008-04-05T21:40:00.000-05:002008-04-05T21:40:00.000-05:00I can relate on some levels, Jeffro. I was raised ...I can relate on some levels, Jeffro. I was raised by strict parents, and often was fearful of my dad (so was Mr. Mo!) but I always knew that he loved me. <BR/>It saddens me so much that here he had quit smoking entirely in the early 1980s but the damage was done, and he eventually died of emphysema in 2006. He did everything the doctors told him to do after being diagnosed in the mid-late 1990s. He lived a disciplined life until his dying day and surprised everyone for having made it that long, esp. after having been on a ventilator in early 2003, and never being bedridden after that. He would have died much sooner otherwise, as his sister and a couple of cousins did (also diagnosed with lung disease), were it not for his sheer force of will -- truly a testament to how much he loved my mom. There was no doubt he was living for her.Mo Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626099339130021636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-39323213911312317352008-04-05T17:16:00.000-05:002008-04-05T17:16:00.000-05:00My grandmother was the same way. She wanted to di...My grandmother was the same way. She wanted to die at home and while some family protested, she got her wish. When she was told we would have to fo against her wishes, she died the next day.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry for your loss, but I'm also glad you and your father had an opportunity to mend things a bit before he passed. I've been working on my relationship with my father, and it is worth it.Sezmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788407585696655259noreply@blogger.com