Dear Janine My belated condolences on the loss of your mom. She was such a lovely, warm lady, I remember her emails well. And, reading your emails now, her courage in the face of adversity was truly awesome--what a great role model. It is truly wonderful that she both gave so much love and was herself surrounded by so much love and warmth. You must miss your mom so much but I know the many happy memories you have of her must bring you and your dad much comfort. The Celebration of Life Extravaganza plan that she drew up with you is a phenomenal idea. And again, illustrates what a very classy lady she was. Yes, it's individuals like your mom Brenda that help us keep/restore our hope in humankind. love and hugs Kerry
take care, Kerry M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda K. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Thank You All!!!!! > Dearest All, > > You have all had such wonderful things to say about my mom, THANK > YOU!!! She loved all of you. She used to talk about all of you at > different times. When I first moved back home in 2000, I would come > downstairs and find her sitting here crying. I would be worried and ask > her what was wrong and she would say "We lost another of our beloved > kitty babies". She loved everyone of your babies as though they were > her own. > > This battle with her health started at the end of July. She had had a > cold. In August she went into Atrial Fibrillation and she had to be > shocked back into rhythm. She had about a week of feeling better and > then started feeling bad again. She went in and out of rhythm until we > went again between Christmas and New Years to have her shocked again. We > thought so many things, too much immune suppressant drugs making her > sick, new drugs they gave her she was allergic too, I racked my brain > trying to figure it out. She was very sick, throwing up, lost 22lbs, > nothing tasted right or very good at all...I could go on and on. > > Little did we know until Saturday the 25th of February that mother had > been suffering with the hideous melanoma brain cancer disease. She > never knew, thankfully and she went very fast, but I was able to tell > her and she acknowledged, that I loved her, dad loved her, and I would > take care of all her babies and daddy. During this time we spent > practically every minute together. I cooked, cleaned, served, her and > tried to absolutely everything I could to make her day better and > happy. We had a connection unlike most have ever seen or experienced. > I lived and breathed for her. We talked about everything in the world > and all aspects of what she would want in case of her death. I feel > like part of me is missing, but I smile knowing she now is no longer > miserable. My beautiful mother gave me so much! My father and I have > so many good memories, we are cherishing them all. > > If at anytime you have questions that I can help you with about the > feline leukemia cats, I will try, but I am not my mom, though she taught > me a lot. I believe, I will be handling the fund, so if anyone wants to > send something as a memorial for my mom it will be used for the feline > leukemia fund as she would have wanted. > > I would love any of you that have the poems she wrote for your pets to > email them at anytime. I will post the one she wrote for me when I had > my 16th birthday at a future date. > > Thank you to all of you for loving my mom and sharing yourselves and > your babies with her, Love Janine > > > > > > > -- > > Brenda..... > > http://www.whiskersandwicks.com > http://www.cheqnet.net/~bksmith > > "The only risk you ever run in befriending a cat is enriching yourself." - Colette > > Don't Take Your Organs To Heaven. Heaven Knows We Need Them Here. > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/268 - Release Date: 2/23/2006 > >
