tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post5308268108579182764..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: The Things I Thought I Knew But Don'tOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-10085225044384362572009-01-12T16:04:00.000-05:002009-01-12T16:04:00.000-05:00So glad to hear your mother is recovering.I have s...So glad to hear your mother is recovering.<BR/><BR/>I have started on my own obituary (not the norm) and have left instructions for dinner out - no funeral.<BR/><BR/>But then, who ever listens to me.<BR/><BR/>Please let us know how things go.<BR/><BR/>-fMfootnoteMavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136826114954180827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-29148678434114696312009-01-11T23:34:00.000-05:002009-01-11T23:34:00.000-05:00Good news to hear the surgery was successful .. yo...Good news to hear the surgery was successful .. you must be so relieved. Obituary or not, I always find that turning to a genealogy project (especially writing about it) at stressful times is a good way to immerse yourself in another, comforting, world for a while. Writing fuller biographies for parents and grandparents is also a challenge but can bring up fond memories. I hope the sister has a BDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13798944688122545676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-82012890406754364362009-01-11T18:15:00.000-05:002009-01-11T18:15:00.000-05:00I too hope you will have lots of time in the futur...I too hope you will have lots of time in the future to research the information you want for your mum's obituary. <BR/>I also thought I knew a lot about my mum. I was lucky - she told me a few interesting details in her later years! - but even though we had really been living together for quite some time, a few minutes after she was gone, I thought of other questions I should have/could have M. Diane Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081926719011983394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-61674362916064637562009-01-11T14:33:00.000-05:002009-01-11T14:33:00.000-05:00Good advice. I found writing my grandmother's obit...Good advice. I found writing my grandmother's obit strangely comforting--maybe it's a genealogist thing, but I loved going back through her life and putting it on paper. That said, I hope your Mom continues to improve and it's a while longer until you have to write her obit.Texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17432175759270143492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-68446058603717758272009-01-11T12:27:00.000-05:002009-01-11T12:27:00.000-05:00I hope your mother continues to recover. When my f...I hope your mother continues to recover. When my father died I was quite unprepared and simply gave the funeral home a copy of his resume and a list of survivors. In my grief I got one of those names wrong - my own. Everyone should have at least a basic outline ready ahead of time.Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.com