my mom's facebook post today...

Christmas Eve and I`m all alone. Feeling sorry for myself - no way. Got a wonderful family, friends and more memories than you could shake a stick at ( one of Bernards old sayings). Sometimes you just need to be extremely thankful for what you have left ---- not what you have lost and enjoy every moment you have. Merry Christmas.

so, I called to talk to her. all is well, the guys who bought the cows stop and check on her every day, several friends called her today, John is coming home, so she turned downmy offer of going to KC with us tomorrow to hang out with Koren & Cody & Ian...