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06/16/2003 Archived Entry: "POSSUMBLOG'S ACCOUNTING OF FATHER'S DAY IS A RIOT"

POSSUMBLOG'S ACCOUNTING OF FATHER'S DAY IS A RIOT

Terry Oglesby is one funny guy. And....

Miz Gore revealed herself in a comment on my blog:

Ms. Britton, before I started reading your site, Kansas was just a conduit for the Canadian wind. I'm enjoying your writing and the other features of your page. Thanks.

Posted by Janis Gore @ 06/16/2003 11:08 AM CST

You can find her blog, which I just discovered, HERE. On Friday June 6th, she wrote these peaceful words about her mother, which I believe said as much as need be about the wonderful relationship they must have had.

"Mother died about 10 minutes after I boarded a plane in Baton Rouge. My sister and sister-in-law who were present tell me that she departed peacefully and quietly, slipping away while they were talking in the room. My sister tells me she had checked on her only a couple of minutes before. She did not die alone, which was a fear for us while she lived in her house. This year had been a particular struggle for Mother, whose world was becoming smaller and smaller as her breathing capacity diminished until she was finally bedridden. Cliched as it is, her sufferings are over.

"I had no issues with my mother, so my grief is mainly sadness that she is gone. We had no long-standing scores to settle, no bitterness between us, no regrets. She was a hard-working homemaker whom God will happily invite into his Heaven because she made the best chocolate cream and coconut cream pies (and apricot fried pies, BJB) in all creation.

"Ecclesiastes is the scripture for me right now. And the angels better watch their weight."
posted by Janis Gore at 12:47 PM

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Thanks, Peg! I'll be sure to send you a picture of one of my new dresses.

Posted by Terry Oglesby @ 06/16/2003 10:10 PM CST