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Brenda's Tale; In Her Own Words...

Well, it's that time again for another tale.  Trevor insisted on being able to pick the title.  I think he really watches too much NBC Nightly News.  Since, I am giving him some time off, as he has been doing an exceptional job with writing...I let the dog have his bone, so to speak. I am going to be sharing my personal feelings in regards to the events that have happened this year so far. As many of you know, my mother passed away on May 31, 2011.  I also lost my brother-in-law this year in April who was married to my oldest sister.  I can't imagine losing a husband and then a little over a month later, losing your mom. We found out on March 30th that mom was dying.  I was informed by my PCP, while I was at work.  I just got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.  I really thought she was beginning to get better. That's just how fast things would change.  It was pretty much like that the whole time, since she first entered the hospital on February 4th, when this

Tale of Losing a Best Friend...

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Trevor, The Tell Tale Dog, here again, to introduce another tale of Brenda's life.  Last Tuesday, May 31, 2011, Brenda's mom...her best friend in life lost her battle with congestive heart failure.  She fought hard, but it was evident for some time, that her life on this earth would be coming to an end.  She had her for 2 months longer than anyone had hoped. It was during that time, that Brenda begin to realize that it would be so important to be able to have those heart to heart talks.  She had many.  She was able to tell her mom just how important she was to her and that she hoped that someday, she would be half the woman that her mom was.  Her mom replied with, "Some day you will be."  Even up until the very end Brenda's mom encouraged her and told her not to feel bad about anything.  She realizes, Brenda did everything she could.  If she could have, she would have taken care of her herself but, that was just not feasible or possible.  Brenda was workin