A Conversation with Elizabeth
1998
Re: Home early

From:          LMixson
To:            Elizabeth
Sent:          Tuesday, June 2, 1998 8:41 AM
Subject:       Re: Home early
 
I didn't get a chance to write yesterday for I took Julie to the doctor first thing in the morning and then after taking her home went directly downtown to the ATF and spent most of the day trying to fix their system (still not fixed). Julie is doing fine, the doctor says everything looks good and she should recover fully.  She is not going with me to Florida at the end of the month, she went in Feb. and once a year with my relatives is about all she can take. 
 
I sounds like you are taking care of yourself by leaving early from work and talking with your friends and sister-in-law.  Losing a parent is not easy, particularly when it is unexpected.  The grieving process is important and takes time.  For my wife and her father each event the next year, birthday, Christmas, etc., they had to experience in a new way without her mother.
 
No, I have never been to Sanibel Island.  When I lived in Melbourne I planed a couple of times to go but never made it.  My parents have been a couple of times and I was to meet them but, again, didn't make it. 
 
The situation with your sister does not sound good.  I know that you have to do what you have to but.... this sounds like a time that you might be able to approach her and talk to her.  I would not expect it would make up for how she has treated you in the past but could re-establish some sort of relationship with her.  I would expect that not talking with her for an event as significant as your mother's death it would be even more difficult to do so in the future.  Again, you have to decide what is best for you.
 
Just a short note this morning, now to work.
 
Larry

Work early