[bassetman]

Originally Posted by angelize56

Thanks Harry...I'll try hard this year!

Things just aren't the same without our Moms...know what I mean? She kept our family together and made sure we kept in touch with the relatives across town....now we hear bad news via the mail...I learned in my Christmas card from my Aunt Bunny....my Dad's sister...that his brother....my Uncle Chuck....passed away September 30th!

I hate to sound whatever, but my Mum was not a nice person most of the time.

My Dad and I now have a great relationship now that she isn't here!

Sorry if that sounds bitter!

[angelize56]

John...not everyone can have a good set of parents! I'm sorry to hear you weren't close to your Mom...but you have your reasons with no explanation necessary! Great you get along with your Dad and he is still there with you! I get a little jealous around Mother's and Father's Day because I see happy families with Moms and Dads celebrating and I have neither....but I know there must be a reason why they died young....I just wish someone would give me one....

Harry..thanks about my Uncle...I still haven't found out what he died of...he was the youngest sibling of my Dad's....

[angelize56]

John....I know...I went to post and the backup screen popped up saying back in one minute! But back now!

[bassetman]

Enjoy what people you do have in your life to whatever level you can! Despite the empty spots!

[angelize56]

Thank God I have William!

[bassetman]

Originally Posted by angelize56

Thank God I have William!

I have a lot of friends, and a few good ones!

[hewee]

Your welcome Marlene. Be nice to know what happen to him.

Sorry you did not get along with your mom Bass. Guess I am lucky to have both growing up and got along. Dad was gone many of the years because of the air force so guess it could of been better but it was not bad.

[angelize56]

Baklava: I can see why you have lots of friends...among them Joe!

[Doc Holliday]

I'm sorry your parents passed-away so young, Angel.

*HUGS*

Just stay health for your son, William. OK?

Take care!

[angelize56]

Thanks Doc....I'm trying! *HUGS*

[teengeekgrrl]

Marlene-I'm so sorry about your parents dying so young... I can't imagine losing mine at any age...

This seems appropriate for this thread in general...

It is often said that no parent should have to bury a child.
I also believe that no minor child should have to bury a parent either.

[angelize56]

Thank you tgg...and I can only hope my son outlives me...I don't know how anyone faces the loss of a child! *Hugs*

You're so wise for your age as always!

[angelize56]

All this time to find his body from Hurricane Katrina!

Barry Cowsill, a member of the popular 1960s singing family The Cowsills, was found dead on a wharf nearly four months after he disappeared when Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. He was 51.

Cowsill's body, recovered Dec. 28 from the Chartres Street Wharf, was identified with dental records Tuesday, said Dr. Louis Cataldie, head of the state hurricane morgue in Carville.

The coroner had not determined the cause of death but believed it was related to the devastating storm, which struck the city Aug. 29.

[Infidel_Kastro]

Soul singer Lou Rawls died today from lung cancer, according to statement from his publicist.

Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than 40 million albums and win three Grammy Awards in a career that spanned nearly five decades and a range of genres, has died, his publicist said. He was 72.

Rawls died early Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized last month for treatment of lung and brain cancer, his publicist Paul Shefrin said. His wife Nina was at his bedside when he died, Shefrin said.

The family and Shefrin said Rawls was 72, although other records indicate he was 70.

[eggplant43]

I have always been a fan. Those cigarettes finally got to him.