...and now it is time for you to let Her go... Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 N 43.13.406 W 73.37.431 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lew Hodgett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:28 PM Subject: [Liveaboard] O/T: Star Nine (AKA: *9) Is Retired
> > Modern technology is grand. > > Got my first telephone headset with built-in > speed dial in 1986. > > First number programmed in was for my Mom. > > Twenty years ago, when I moved from Ohio to > SoCal, took that phone with me with Mom's > number still programmed in it. > > For those 20 years, once a week would punch > in "*9", the phone would ring, and then the > "Hello" from my mother's voice could be heard. > > She would always comment that I sounded like > I was just outside her window rather than the > 2,500+ miles it actually was. > > If I failed to call on time, could expect to find a > voice mail from Mom, when I got home, just > "checking in" to see if I was "All-Right" since > she hadn't heard from me. > > She had a serious accident in 01/2007 and had to > move to a nursing home, a move she reluctantly > accepted. > > Her phone went with her, including the same > number she has had for more than 40+ years. > > "*9" was still alive and well. > > Our weekly telephone visits continued, but with > increasing difficulty as her hearing diminished. > > On 04/21/2008, Mom turned 103. and it's as if > she had summoned the energy to strike one last > hash mark on the wall of life and then said, "I'm done". > > I was fortunate enough to get back to Ohio to > be with her this past week end when she cashed in > her hand and peacefully retired "*9". > > You had a good run Ma, you left it all on that > playing field we call "Life". > > Somehow, there will be another way to stay in > touch. > > Lew > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.6/1538 - Release Date: 07/07/2008 > 7:40 AM > > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
