While I’ve been refocusing on distant friends, extra work, and generally enjoying life mother has not been. It wasn’t too long ago mum was at the office with my step dad saying how happy she was with life and how this is the happiest she has been in many a time. Life, too, was great for her until Monday.
Mum has basically had her own personal 9/11 over the last two days. The first tower to be hit was the news of my Nan having a stroke. I’ll explain now that my Nan and mum have not been close for a while for reasons I can not explain. It must have been over or nearly ten years since they’ve spoken or been in touch. Naturally mum is really upset by all of this, but there is more. My mother, due to lack of communication was also notified at the same time that my Great Aunt, and my mum’s favourite aunt has died as well. I give you hit tower two. Lastly the Pentagon hit. As if things could not get any worse, my mother also found out that her sister has died as recently. There we have my mother’s 9/11.
As you can imagine my mum is distraught and I will visit her soon, I’m just waiting to here from her what she thinks is best. I have been talking to both her and my brother about the situation and she really is coping so well. Its unbelievable how string she is and how focused she can be in times like these. I haven’t decided about going to see my Nan as I was never really close to her, but I will do anything to support my mother. I’m looking towards my brother for guidance on this one as he has my mothers attributes though exceptionally colder or should I say focused in far worse scenarios.
On a personal note I’m fine and dandy about these relatives and their situation, though in respect I wish nothing bad had happened to them, but it has and that’s that sadly. The most important person is my mother. It’s been a hard year with my mum nearly losing my brother at hospital and splitting up with my step Dad. Oh gosh, I completely forgot, that only happened on Monday.
So there you have it, the 9/11 ball with spin shooting at my mother and at full speed. Though I tell you what, she’ll hit that ball with her full swing and knock it right out the park!
