I got something on my mind and I think it's important.

[Happy Chooks]

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Now, that's a cool lady.

She's a very neat lady. She's quite a hoot to be around too. Never a dull moment with her.

I wish she didn't live so far away.

She's now 92 and has been a widow for longer than I've been alive. She has traveled all over the world. She just came out for a visit by herself, even with a 15 hour flight from Australia. She knows the scam though - she asks for a wheelchair, they take care of your luggage and will even hold the plane for you. (she walks perfectly fine BTW, but at 92 she deserves it) I can only hope to have her stamina.

 

[HHandbasket]

Some of us tried really hard to get my mother to get therapy (the small handful of us that knew how she really was). She was obviously in internal pain. She was the way she was because of things that happened to her in her life that she could not face, though I don't know what those things were... only she knew what made her the way she was. She was mean, but she was a sad and pathetic person. I felt so bad for her and had no idea her community didn't know the kind of person she was. Several times, her doctors prescribed her meds and she would throw them away, saying they were "quacks who just want to get me high". I tried to explain to her that Prozac doesn't get you high, it helps you get balanced. She would call me just another bit_ch that wanted to ruin her life along with her doctors and push unnecessary drugs on her... she pushed away loving help when it came her way. Whenever I or anyone else suggested to her that she see a therapist, she chose to ignore it. It was very hard to watch, very sad to know.

At the end of the day, she was surrounded by people who cared for her, even though they didn't know just how awful she was or the things she did or the havoc she created in her community. She needed help and never got it, which is the saddest part of all.