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Good luck with that! ;-)

Beverly

ick.

me

My husband lost his first wife to a drunk driver -- 36 years ago. Of course, you never forget and it's never without feeling, but time does help. He has said that if it weren't for the people who were there for him, he'd still be sitting there with the phone in his hand.

I know *exactly* how he must have felt, and he has my sincere sympathy. We all go along, living an ordinary life, and suddenly everything is completely upside-down. I think the sudden violent death of a spouse must be about the most traumatic event there is, with the exception of the death of a child.

Beverly

Itw ill soon be 25 years since my dad died. It doesn't really get better - you just get used to it.

Those sorts of people, related by blood or otherwise, are THE BEST! :)

Chin up, love: we have tissues and chocolate if they are needed.

Little Sis does it all the time. With her and her hubby working different police shifts, and the type of work they do (a firearms officer and a CID chief dealing with unpleasant murders), shopping is not always convenient, so shopping on line with delivery in a named hour between 7 am and 11 pm is good. Her boys are 16 and 14, and quite capable of putting the stuff away, even if they don't always put loo roll and washing powder where you'd expect... ;)

Jean

We're not doing so well on this side of the pond with that. Webvan went out of business, and that was the largest grocery delivering company around - was in quite a few locations. My own local grocery has a pilot program at a store in another state that is not quite delivery, but a called-in order is packed up and ready at a drive-in kiosk. I'm hoping they will adopt the program and make it available here. Aside from that, I have heard of a company called Peapod, but they aren't here. The best we can do is to hire someone to shop, and I'm not ready for that.

Online shopping with delivery: One of the stores (Albertsons) here has it, but the area covered is terribly limited. They will let you online shop and pick up at one of their stores if you do not fall into their delivery area.

Until they can figure out a method to cover a much bigger delivery area, I fear that this is destined to be just another gimmick.

me

My mother died at age 57 in 1971, and I still mourn that she never was able to see what fabulous kids her grandchildren grew up to be. And she missed ever knowing my grandchildren who are incredible. Dad died in 1994, aged 86, following a several-year valiant but vain battle with Parkinson's. While I miss him every day, I would not for a moment have wished him to continue on with a life which had become a huge burden...to him.

Thanks, Kate. Everyone "here" has been so kind, I feel you are all my family, too. :-)

Beverly

That is very understandable.

I worry... My grandfather died aged 53, six weeks after my parents got married, suddenly, of a heart attack. My dad died aged 53, three months before I got married, of a heart attack... I worry about my bro, now

1. The women seem to live a lot longer on both sides of the family.

:)

We were caring for him at the end of his life, and we just could not convince him that he was NOT a burden to *us*, or to the rest of the family. He was fiercely independent all his life, he could not bear having others take care of him.

I understand you worry for your brother. My mother was only 57 when she died (of peritonitis following a perforated ulcer), and as I approached that age, I was more than a little apprehensive. However, *her* mother lived to be 99.8, and my other grandmother lived to 89, both of which was a very long life for their generation. And now I'm 67, so I don't let it worry *me* anymore.

Indeed! :-)

Beverly

I have told my wife that it will be a HUGE surprise if I live much past

60-65. Between the problems on my fathers side (prostrate cancer, asthma, COPD, obesity, and diabetes) and the ones from Moms side (Lung cancer, skin cancer, lymphatic cancer, and heart problems) I am just wearing a target. She says that if I didn't abuse my body so much I could live a LOT longer, but where is the fun in that?

Joy Beeson wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

i like unsweetened chocolate. my brother eats it dipped in honey, but i don't like honey very much. it's very good alongside a black tea or dark coffee, or with hot milk (the drink needs to be hot, or at least warm). lee

I intend to slide into heaven at 103+, with St Peter tapping his feet at the gate, saying 'You're late! Where HAVE you been?'