Hi Alina,
It was so good to hear from you and I am glad that my letter gave you something to be thankful about - your good health and the life that you have right now. I thank you for all your blessings and hope that you will continue to keep in touch and let me know that you are living each day the way that your mom would have wanted. How old are you? Do you have any family at all? My stepdaughter just lost her real mom one year ago. Me, my stepdaughter and her mother were all very close and her mom was in the best of health. Last April she dropped dead of a heart attack and we were all totally numb, as you are, because they were all thinking that I would be the next one to go - never her for sure! But I myself think that God has a plan for every one of us on the face of this earth and we are not to question why things happen. I also just lost my father this past November. He was 92 yrs old and died peacefully in his sleep. Everyone thought I would go before him. That just wasn't the case. I was diagnosed with colon cancer, then it spread to my psoas muscle, next it went to my bones. Right now, it is in sort of a remission, I am guessing, because I am doing fine right now. But with cancer, one just never knows. Alina, take care of yourself, enjoy life and be happy. I know your mom would have wanted this. I have one son; 3 stepchildren and 8 grandchildren; a wonderful husband and a loving dog, and cat. I consider myself very fortunate. Let me know how you are doing and feel free to write at any time. God bless.