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A sad day today
Jul 9, 2008 | 9:14 AM PST
Tag: hibiscus
I shouldn't have opened my email today because it brought a very sad news. My niece Rosan, Anna's eldest child, sent an emai that her Auntie Marie was sent to the hospital for passing out after visiting my sister Anna's grave last Sunday. Anna was burried with my parents and Marie was so depressed and cried out like crazy when they visited Anna. Marie took care of Anna 24/7 when she was ill and dying and she took the brunt of all the hard work being an RN hersef. She was crying and saying that maybe she did not took care of her enough so Anna died while here in California she took care of a lot of sick patients. She now works as a volunteer to care for cancer patients and one time she emailed me that just seeing the patients say thank you to her and seeing their smiles was more than enough payment for her work. But now, we are guessing that some of her cancer patients are living longer than Anna did so she feels so inadequate that she let Anna die. We cannot tell her enough that it is God's will that He took Anna and now, even when the doctors tell her that she needs to rest and take care of herself, she continues to travel by bus and visits cancer patients. I told her that maybe she is doing what she is doing to make-up for what sh did not accomplish with Anna. I cannot afford to lose another sister and at the rate she is going, I pray that she would come back here in California and rest and take care of herself. Marie is younger than me but sometimes, she won't listen to me and she does what she wants to do. The travel and caring of other cancer patients I'm sure is taking a toll on her. I feel so helpless because she is so far away from me and with my any emails, she seldom responds because she says she is always busy. What else can we do? We just pray and pray for her and only God knows what is next for her and us. (Sorry for this long blog, just have to get it out of my system because this is one of my bad day.) Anyways, happy gardening to all. I planted a red hibiscus for Anna and she used to come out of her sick room just to look at the beautiful blossom. The african violets, her favorites, that I bought and took care of in her honor, and I don't know what I did that it dried out and died. Now, I am taking care of my blue hibiscus and thinking of it and taking care of it as if it is my sister, Anna. I don't know how long this grieving process will end and only God can sustain us all, and my garden too.
Jul 9, 2008 | 9:14 AM PST
Tag: hibiscus
I shouldn't have opened my email today because it brought a very sad news. My niece Rosan, Anna's eldest child, sent an emai that her Auntie Marie was sent to the hospital for passing out after visiting my sister Anna's grave last Sunday. Anna was burried with my parents and Marie was so depressed and cried out like crazy when they visited Anna. Marie took care of Anna 24/7 when she was ill and dying and she took the brunt of all the hard work being an RN hersef. She was crying and saying that maybe she did not took care of her enough so Anna died while here in California she took care of a lot of sick patients. She now works as a volunteer to care for cancer patients and one time she emailed me that just seeing the patients say thank you to her and seeing their smiles was more than enough payment for her work. But now, we are guessing that some of her cancer patients are living longer than Anna did so she feels so inadequate that she let Anna die. We cannot tell her enough that it is God's will that He took Anna and now, even when the doctors tell her that she needs to rest and take care of herself, she continues to travel by bus and visits cancer patients. I told her that maybe she is doing what she is doing to make-up for what sh did not accomplish with Anna. I cannot afford to lose another sister and at the rate she is going, I pray that she would come back here in California and rest and take care of herself. Marie is younger than me but sometimes, she won't listen to me and she does what she wants to do. The travel and caring of other cancer patients I'm sure is taking a toll on her. I feel so helpless because she is so far away from me and with my any emails, she seldom responds because she says she is always busy. What else can we do? We just pray and pray for her and only God knows what is next for her and us. (Sorry for this long blog, just have to get it out of my system because this is one of my bad day.) Anyways, happy gardening to all. I planted a red hibiscus for Anna and she used to come out of her sick room just to look at the beautiful blossom. The african violets, her favorites, that I bought and took care of in her honor, and I don't know what I did that it dried out and died. Now, I am taking care of my blue hibiscus and thinking of it and taking care of it as if it is my sister, Anna. I don't know how long this grieving process will end and only God can sustain us all, and my garden too.
