March 2, 2006
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We called Lorena tonight but received very little response from her. Lya thinks that Mommy is just very tired. I fear it is more than that. This is the first anniversary of Lorena's mother's death, and I know that that must be heavy on Lorena's heart today. Worst of all, she cannot talk about it with anyone, she cannot comfort her father, and, of course, she cannot even mourn with her family.
Lya and I are here alone tonight, so I splurged and took her out to eat at the Mongolian grill where we both proceeded to stuff ourselves. We definitely consumed our money's worth. I will post more tomorrow, but I must warn you about the post that follows this one. It was cathartic for me, but skip it unless you must read it. I don't even know exactly why I wrote it, but I am glad I did. Once again, it put Lorena's condition in proper perspective, and we really are blessed because she does have hope. She really is a living miracle, and I think her miracle has only fractionally been realized. To God be the glory. Thank you for your prayers...
By the way, Diana Locke brought us supper the other night as denoted on this blog, but I must also commend another contribution she made. Her daughter must make very frequent business trips, so she takes Diana the small coffee packets, and Diana made a gift to us of a huge bag of those hotel coffees. That might seem like an insignificant contribution, and Diana even apologized when she gave them to us as if we might be offended, but they have been marvelous!!!! The girls and I have really enjoyed them. Thank you, Diana!!! Such seemingly trivial gestures can have huge ramifications.
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I am sure having this anniversary of her mothers death must have been so hard for Lorena. I can tell what a warm and loving person she is and how she would want to be comforting her family and be able to talk to them about it. I have no words for comfort...except that I admire Lorena so much and pray for her.
I am glad that you and Lya had so much fun. How neat of Diana to give you all coffee. Such kind people in this world.
My thoughts and prayers were with you yesterday throught the "15 minutes". A friend of mine was telling me that her nephew was one of the "every 15 minutes" kids who would be pulled at random from class yesterday. When she was telling me about her sister writing his obit and the letter I choked up. We live in a world where we hear so many awful things on a daily basis we are numb to it and tell ourselves it will never happen to us. You and I both know the sobering reality that bad things happen to anybody, anytime. I used to watch the news and hear of a tragedy, think "how awful" and not think of it again. These days no matter how much of a stranger it is, or how far away, I feel it and I hurt for them. I know you do as well - you can see that in the love and care you demonstrate through your blog. God bless you all! I'm sure you'll hug yours a little tighter tonight just thinking of how quickly and randomly things can happen! And if yesterday's efforts save one life, they were worth it! From a kid not taking that drink, or getting in that car, or a parent demonstrating a good dose of "tough love"... it's worth it!!!
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