Have your parents passed?

[Bertha Venation]

[motely36]

1. My mom is still alive

and I am going to see her next week!

:bounce:

[Bertha Venation]

9. Woohoo!

Have a great time.

[Deep13]

2. Gas? All the time.

My father died ten years ago this month. He was 51. He had a stroke.

My mother is still around and still crazy.

Her parents are still around.

My grandmother's mother is still around.

[old mark]

3. Mom died in '83 She was great. My dad is living in Texas, was 92 in January.

We can't stand each other.

mark

[SacredCow]

4. Both still alive and kickin' n/t

[Bertha Venation]

5. I find it very strange to vote "both"

My mother died 34 years ago, at age 33. My father died January 10, 2008, when his small plane crashed.

It's so weird to say "my dad is dead." Just weird.

[supernova]

7. Both mine are gone

Dad in January 95 and Momma soon after in July 96.

I still miss them.

O8) O8)

[HopeHoops]

6. Not mine, but both of my in-laws.

They didn't have my wife until they were in their 40's. I miss them.

[mulsh]

8. both are dead

my mom died in '94, sudden heart attack. she was 64. she took care of her parents and a couple of aunts and uncles while they died lingering deaths from cancer, quick heart attack was the way she wanted to go.

My dad died in 2007 a couple of days before his 84th birthday. he was in hospital for 3 weeks, knew the end was near and assured my brother and me that he was "ready".

If I think about it too hard I miss them but when I think about it just enough I'm glad I had them as long as I did. both of them were my best friends and lots of fun.

[SoxFan]

10. My father passed a kidney stone and a hell of a lot of gas

He's still around, though...

[Lance_Boyle]

11. Everything they ever ate. n/t

[Aristus]

12. As most of you know already, my Dad died less than two weeks ago.

My mother is doing fine. :-)

[Bertha Venation]

22. I'm sorry, Aristus

:hug:

[Spacemom]

13. My mom died in 2005

from ovarian cancer. She was 55. Way too young.

One of the sweetest, coolest, funniest people you could ever hope to meet. I miss her everyday.

Diane


My dad is still around. 61 and still riding a Harley. :D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. Passed what?

My father's dead. I think he may have passed kidney stones a few times.

[LeftyFingerPop]

54. Shitty answer to a well intentioned thread.

Oh well.

[driver8]

15. My father died last year as a result of lung cancer.

I miss him so much.

[datasuspect]

16. i just found out about two minutes ago

that my father has lung cancer, metastatized, lesions on his liver.

he's had dementia for the past couple of years.

shit sucks. i watched my grandmother die of that.

[Bertha Venation]

17. Jesus, datasuspect, I am sorry.

So sorry.

[abq e streeter]

24. I'm terribly sorry to hear this, datasuspect.

What can I say but that my best thoughts and prayers are with you and your dad.

[LeftyFingerPop]

47. I'm very sorry to hear this, datasuspect.

[Shell Beau]

18. I am so thankful to still have both of my parents AND

so thankful that they are still married.

[FarLeftRage]

43. Same here...

Thankful that they are still alive, well and together!

[zanne]

51. You have both your parents and that little cutie....

You are, indeed, lucky.

[Blue_Tires]

19. lost my father on Feb. 22

r.i.p. Blue_Tires, Sr.

:cry: :web:

[Rhythm]

20. Dad passed on in '92... Mom's still around... wish it was the other way around.

Y'all can crucify me for this, but Dad was a good guy. Ex-military, so he expected self-discipline, but he was generally supportive of us kids, always went ot our games/plays/etc...

Mom was a brain-chemically-induced abusive monster in my childhood (to me only... not to my younger brother, or to my older half-sibs), and since Dad's death and her remarriage, she has gone from simply conservative with racist undertones to a complete fundie asshat, and i have as little contact with her as i can get away with.

[PRETZEL]

21. Mom passed about 15 yrs ago,

she was a diabetic. Although she never lost any limbs, she did have several strokes that made her unable to live any sort of quality of life. She was a month shy of 65.

[MissMillie]

23. Both of my parents are alive and healthy/active

My dad will be 78 next month, and my mom turned 75 in February. They will celebrate 59 years of marriage in September

Here's my dad... being goofy a couple of years ago:



And here's my mom, w/ me on her birthday a couple of months ago





I can't begin to think of what my life would be like w/o them.

[whistler162]

25. My dad was the center for his college football team....

so he didn't pass! But he died in 2006.

[KamaAina]

26. Dad has. Mom is still very much among the quick -- and I can prove it.

She is in the kitchenette of our Waikiki hotel room at this moment.

Of course, I have been reading a Sharyn McCrumb, so she could be a ghost...

[whistler162]

28. Or a Bimbo if the sun is deadly

or maybe even a Zombie in your jean pool.

[KamaAina]

29. Wouldn't you know, those are two of the handful I haven't read

My name is KamaAina, and I'm a Sharyn-holic! :hi:

[whistler162]

33. You REALLLY need to read Bimbo's of the Death Sun...

it is great. I reread it every few years. Zombie's of the Gene Pool is good also.

I will admit I haven't gotten into her later books.

[abq e streeter]

27. Lost my mom to breast cancer in January 1969; she was 48...

My dad remarried and was lucky to have 38 years with a wonderful woman until she died at the age of 90 last year. My dad is 91, and still going strong. We talk politics on the phone several times a week; he watches Olbermann and Maddow regularly; subscribes to Jim Hightower's newsletter etc.( I'm lucky here too; I read about so many DUers with rightwing/fundie etc family members..... calling someone a republican was an insult in my family) Besides an amazingly sharp mind, he does a half hour almost every day on the exercycle, on which he has the wheels at the highest possible tension ( although he pedals pretty slowly); says anything less is too easy. And he's been through a triple bypass, prostate cancer ( cancer-free for 20 years) and has a pacemaker.

[Roon]

31. Both of my Grandparents ride their exercise bike every day

I swear that and their diet is why they have lived for so long.They can't walk for exercise but they both can kick ass on that bike!

[abq e streeter]

32. Yep, same for my dad--super careful about what he eats

red meat and sweets are extremely rare for him ( I bet he has a steak or a burger maybe once every 5 years). He's 100% convinced that's why he survived his emergency bypass. Glad to hear this about your grandparents.

[Roon]

34. Thanks streeter! eom

[Blue Diadem]

30. Both have, Dad in '87 and Mom in '96.

It's been a long time. Seems like forever sometimes.

[meow2u3]

35. Both my parents are deceased

My dad passed away 20 years ago; my mom went in '03.

[Creena]

36. My father is dead to me, just not to others.

[GreenPartyVoter]

37. Just mom. Hopefully dad will hold out a while longer.

[Mugu]

38. I'm an orphan. n/t

[Flaxbee]

39. both are still alive. I'll be 40 this year, so I guess

it's not too surprising that they're both around --- dad'll be 81 and mom 75 this year.

[av8rdave]

40. Lost my mom in 2001.

Dad is still kicking and crotchety though!

[Bucky]

41. Passed what?

My dad has passed a LOT of things

[bigwillq]

42. Both

are still living.

[MrSlayer]

44. No, both of my parents are alive.

Dad will be 66 in August, Mom is 64.

[friedgreentomatoes]

45. Mom passed away 12yrs ago at age 48.

Dad at 69 is doing ok.

[rurallib]

46. My parents died in my early 20s. Just missed being an orphan.

Never really got to know them. My parents were orphans as their parents died when they were toddlers. My dad was an only child and my mother had a twin sister.
I have two brothers and a couple of cousins thousands of miles away. So my extended family is pretty small.

[LeftyFingerPop]

48. My dad died in 1970 at age 57. Mom is still alive at age 91. n/t

[Whoa_Nelly]

49. Mom on Valentine's Day '83--age 61 (b. 1921)

Dad 2/25/95, age 77. (b. 1918)

[S n o w b a l l]

50. Fathers only

Biological father - 2005 - suicide - diabetes related - he was 67.

Stepfather (who raised me) - 1988 - non-hodgkins lymphoma - he was 66.

Mother - still living - diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma 1.5 yrs ago - is now in remission - she's 71.

[kath]

52. Passed what? Calculus, Physics, WHAT??

[csziggy]

53. Both my parents are still alive - Mom, 88 and Dad, 86 n/t

[ohheckyeah]

55. Both are still alive, healthy

and active at age 83. I'm blessed and I don't even want to think about when they are gone.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

56. Both gone.

Dad - died 2000 - age 88, nearly 89. Leukemia.

Mom - died 2002 - age 81. Alzheimers and heart disease.

Older sister - died 1990 - age 41. Brain cancer. That was the tough one that destroyed my parents and me. :cry: