Norm, I just want to express my condolences on the passing of your Mom. At 93 years, it sounds like she had a nice long run and was comforted at the end by your presence. While we sometimes all carp at each other back and forth on this list, the reality is that as a sailing community, what affects one is felt by all and the bottom line is that sometimes there are more important issues in our lives, such as out families.
Both Carolee and I have missed your visiting Oyster Bay each summer and we certainly understand that the responsibilities of assisting a parent over the joy of cruising. We'll be around for a long time to take cruises but there's only one opportunity to stand by a loved one as they start to fail. You said it all at the end of your post. Enjoy your family, expecially your parents, while you can! You're in our thoughts and prayers and we're hoping that you'll resume your 'Northern' cruise again this summer and stop off in Oyster Bay as you've done in the past! I can't wait to raft up my new boat with Bandersnatch as we used to! Steve Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <[email protected]> To: "A LiveAboardList" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 8:49 PM Subject: [Liveaboard] Back in Jacksonville > > > > To all my friends (and enemies) on the List; Jan and I have moved back > from > Ft Myers to Jacksonville so I am back to being a boat slave. > > My mom passed away in her sleep at home on the 24th during Obama's speech > to Congress. She was a life-long republican and I guess she just had > enough of the democrats... > > She was 93, had a long adventuresome life, and I am grateful that she > didn't linger in pain any longer than she did. I feel fortunate to have > been able to spend the last 7 months of her life with her in Ft Myers. > > It has been said that no matter what sort of relationship you had with > your > parent(s), when they are gone they leave a big empty space inside you. > > It's true. Enjoy them while you can. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
