DTers,
I'm hard pressed to appropriately convey my appreciation for your overwhelming kindness and boundless support as contained here. It's heartening to me that so many of you actually met her and were treated to a glimpse of her singularly dynamic persona. She was an irrepressible force.
As sick as she was for these 13 years, and despite knowing the final outcome well in advance, it's difficult facing my mother's absence. As I said graveside Sunday, and as beautifully related by Spider, my mother is largely responsible for who I am in life, and I'm forever grateful to her for that alone.
The fact that we were so similar inhibited our relationship for an extended period, but ultimately served to facilitate a mutual love, respect and admiration. I'll miss her terribly but will remain buoyed by what has been an incredibly moving response to her passing from so many here and in so many aspects of my life.
So as always, and for 'bakeshopglo', thank you.
Steve
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine
Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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