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RiffRandell

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7. My Mom Has Parkinson's and is fading fast.

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 12:24 PM

Jul 2012

Total liberal, and growing up in the eighties whenever they showed Reagan on the tv she ranted and raved what a disaster he was for our country and how much she couldn't stand him.

Smart woman.

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Monday Morning Mom-A-Thon. Post something about your mom. [View all] ohiosmith Jul 2012 OP

Mine has been battling polio and it's effects since age 6. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1

Great mom! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #4

She listens to Rush and watches FOX 24x7. Need I say more? HopeHoops Jul 2012 #2

Can she bake a cherry pie? ohiosmith Jul 2012 #5

Not that I know of. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #9

Notoriously pipi_k Jul 2012 #3

Great pic! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #6

Thanks! n/t pipi_k Jul 2012 #45

How young she looks! cyberswede Jul 2012 #24

Yep, she was pipi_k Jul 2012 #47

My Mom Has Parkinson's and is fading fast. RiffRandell Jul 2012 #7

All the best to her. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #8

my Mom was raised on a ranch Kali Jul 2012 #10

Sounds wonderful. Thank you for sharing. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #11

Shortly before MiddleFingerMomMom faded away into the incommunicado endstage of Alzheimer's... MiddleFingerMom Jul 2012 #12

Beautiful memories. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #13

I so love this story. Thanks! nt. mattvermont Jul 2012 #14

precious memories handmade34 Jul 2012 #28

What a touching story susanr516 Jul 2012 #40

Awww... pipi_k Jul 2012 #48

medical secretary, typed 120 wam on an underwood typewriter. mopinko Jul 2012 #15

Some parallels there mopinko! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #17

My mom's been gone 7 years (almost 8), too. I miss her every day. we can do it Jul 2012 #31

Sam Cooke asked my Mom out on a date. but, she couldn't go because she had to work. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #16

Sam Cooke beats the hell out of Hopalong Cassidy! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #18

ha, yeah -- Sam of the smooth moves and silky voice ~sigh~ Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #19

Oh yea! Beat this: ohiosmith Jul 2012 #20

You just call me Hoppy!! Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #21

Didn't work on my grand dad! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #22

An absolutely terrible childhood Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #23

Nice pic! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #26

My mom used to date Eddie Yost !! Pool Hall Ace Jul 2012 #25

Pretty cool! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #27

Oh geez, I got all confused there for a minute... pipi_k Jul 2012 #50

Spooky! Pool Hall Ace Jul 2012 #53

Mine had 8 kids (6 by the time she was 29). cyberswede Jul 2012 #29

Great stuff! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #33

My mom.... irisblue Jul 2012 #30

Too cool! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #35

I envy those of you who have good memories of your mother HeiressofBickworth Jul 2012 #32

Aw geez...that really sucks. cyberswede Jul 2012 #34

My daughter is now 44 years old HeiressofBickworth Jul 2012 #37

My mom picked dandelions when she was pregnant with me and made wine Frannyfannypack Jul 2012 #36

Cool! My mom made dandelion greens. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #38

Hopalong Cassidy??? Wow, he was a silver-fox. Nice post..n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #39

Just think, I could've been OhioCassidy! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #41

Bwahahaha, another calling missed...Dang..n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #43

My Mom, in her 70s, recently had to get hearing aids... progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #42

Hahahaha! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #49

Hahahah!!! My kind of lady!!! n/t pipi_k Jul 2012 #51

My mom is a compulsive counter Brother Buzz Jul 2012 #44

Love it! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #54

My mom is 81 geardaddy Jul 2012 #46

When she was a little girl in Chicago she fell while ice skating GreatCaesarsGhost Jul 2012 #52

Mine was a doctor and made us soldier on if we had a cold. She had advice to give if I ever found applegrove Jul 2012 #55