I received this email from my mom. It is one of the last times she emailed me: Dear David, I was up early today. I went to the UCF campus and spoke with a woman who was going to contact a psychologist, Dr. Faughty, who might be able to help me with some of my […]
At the beginning of 2010 I sent this email to my mom: Mom, I still don’t know if you’re receiving emails from me, but I will keep sending them just the same… From the New York Times: In a 2006 study of people aged 60 to 79, those who were assigned to walk briskly three […]
In early January of 2010 I was doing my best to help manage mom’s finances from 3,000 miles away. I had online access to her Bank of America checking account and would sent payments on her behalf. She seemed to be physically fine when I talked to her on the phone — better than ever, […]
I just received the following email from my sister: Oh, I haven’t been able to figure out Mom’s mental deal. [name redacted] suggested it could be a thyroid thing which she says docs are discovering affects a lot of women, causing weight gain and depression, etc. Not all of it, but it could be part […]
My mom sent me an email with the subject line “Hi, David”: I guess I can at least figure out how to send an email message to my favorite son!!! I realy wish I could spend more time with you and [name redacted]. I suppose it’s not as much fun for you when you come […]
My mom sent me an email with the subject line “MacBook Pro”: From: Gagne, Kathleen To: Gagne, David Subject: MacBook Pro Sent: October 13, 2009 1:23 PM PT I have been playing with my computer for several weeks now, and I love it. It is full of interesting things to do, and it is […]
Towards the end of July of 2009, mom sent me an email asking about how to build a web page. I replied to her, but she never mentioned it again and I forgot all about it. I wonder what she wanted to do … From: Gagne, Kathleen To: Gagne, David Subject: Moving and web […]
Mom got a Mac in the middle of 2009. At first she really loved it but she quickly became frustrated with the differences between it and the Windows world she’d known for years. At one point we had an email exchange about configuring video chat: From: Gagne, Kathleen To: Gagne, David Subject: video Sent: […]
Mom emailed me in the middle of July 2009 to ask me to send a fax: From: Gagne, Kathleen To: Gagne, David Subject: Re: Hospital Bill – Kathleen A. Gagne Sent: July 13, 2009 8:50 AM PDT David, Please remember to fax a letter to Debra Morgan this morning at Shands Hospital. All you […]
My mom liked to crochet. I never really knew if she actually enjoyed it or if she simply did it because she was trying to continue a family tradition; her mother, my grandmother, Nana Anna, used to crochet all the time. Mom was working on a blanket for my son shortly before the events of […]