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I left Montreal in haste three weeks ago as I was given the news that my mother was put on end of life care. She hung on for four more days, during which my brother and I were keeping a vigil on her. She went away in comfort and peace, thankfully. She was 84.

We had already lost her piece by piece since she had been suffering from dementia for a long time, so a part of the mourning process has already been done. It feels strange that way; I`m relieved that nothing further will happen to make her suffer.

She was a feisty one and so funny and affectionate too.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my DA friends! Thank you for the friendship, support and faves throughout the year. I wish you all health, love and fun for this period and a better than ever 2018.

Love, Josette

I wish to all of my DA friends Merry Christmas and the happiest Holidays.

Thank you for all the comments, support and faves. I'm sorry I haven't been able to keep up with everything; I've been feeling overwhelmed.

I'm going away to visit my family and these visits keep getting harder, as my mother is in an advanced stage of dementia now and my brother more depressed than ever, his life a mess. This is hard to witness and feeling this powerless.

Thankfully, it is in a beautful area by the Atlantic Ocean and I have my wonderful companion to travel with me.

Was hard going. While my mother's dementia is quite advanced now, she is safe and content at her nursing home, so no worries on that. My brother told me that he was separating from his wife after 20+ years and that upset me greatly, as he has his own health issues and problems and is afraid of living on his own.

Through all the rough times in the last years, it seems that I have developed an stomach ulcer and it is painful. I'm followed medically on that and have to take meds. Unfortunately, I couldn't start right away as I got a nasty gastro bug and want to feel well again before starting the treatment.

just I was getting better and inspired again, my computer crashed and is under investigation to make it better, hopefully.

This is no rant, as I REFUSE to let hardship get me down. I have wonderful persons in my life to share with and I'm learning a lot through these difficulties. So for those who wondered why I didn't submit much work lately, this is it, my friends.