I think that I told you about Avis who moved to Bethesda to
be with her kids. They are saying she had a stroke and she
is saying they put her in the hospital because she could not
get a long with her daughter. Now she is in a nursing home
and and can only leave when she is in the custody of some of
her family.

It is particularly sad because she donated most of her clothing and took very little with her and it is very cold
there. All she has is some jeans and blouses. I guess I
will send her some dressier items. I have one new sweater
and a sweater set that I can send and a skirt or two and I
will get her some hose.

She is aware that she will spend the rest of her life in the
nursing home. She was never an optimist and you can imagine
the gloom that she is feeling.

She tells me that her mind is gone and she cannot learn new
things at all but I am sure stress and trauma have a lot to
do with it. I am going to have some catalogs mailed to her
also.

It is particularly sad to me that she saved and did without
all her life, accumulated half a million dollars and worked
three jobs to put Lisa through college and Harvard Law and
now when she needs them most, they skyed out.

The moral to you older ones is don't fall into the self
sacrificing role because it will come back and bite you
in the but.