Fitz!

Take care of the family…lots of folks can carry the torch while you care for your own…

I am sorry to hear about your mom. She and you are in my thoughts. She must be a damn fine woman to have raised a woman like you.

Jane…please don’t hesitate to let me know if I can be of service. My husband runs aN ICU and if you need to talk to a doctor that will tell you the truth or explain things without obsfucation, please feel free to email me. Ok?

Love ya, Jane.

I hope your Mom will be OK. Don’t worry about the hacks attacking you– you’re got friends to fight back.

Thanks so much, everyone. I haven’t been able to do much other than grab a few glances at the blog each day, I pretty much just sleep and stay at the hospital. But showing up here and seeing the outpouring of support has been really touching. We all really appreciate it.

Greatest sympathy for you Jane. My mom’s cancer has returned with a vengeance and my dad is in renal collapse, so I know something about what you’re going through. Best to you and all your family in a trying time.

And to hell with TNR.

Riesz Fischer 6 — thanks so much, and it does mean a lot to know that people have my back right now.

Jane,

right now is the time for you to not worry about us, the Corporate Media, the snakes that call themselves “responsible journalists,” or anything else. Those of us who read FDL faithfully know how much energy you and Christy have put into it, and during this trying time, Christy and the others have successfully covered everything. As others have said, I’m keeping you and your family in my thoughts– those of us who read FDL, your friends, your family, and those who know you in person understand where your time and energies need to be right now. Those who don’t or can’t understand that aren’t people who deserve space in your mind right now.

Thanks again for everything you do. Wish more people were like you.

a couple of trolls popped in from nowhere and tried to raise the TNR story here but as a black-costumed stagehand, I swatted them down …

Hugs, Jane — hope your mom is doing a bit better after her rest. And I hope you get time for some sleep this evening.

Jane,
All our thoughts and cares are with you and
your mother: may you both find the strength
you need on the road to recovery.

And enjoy that cruise!
Ex-lurker,
BreadBox.

Jane, we are all with you in spirit. Bless you.

I have often thought that the blogosphere is the fruit fly of political discourse – entire generations of argument reproduce and die in moments.

But in the real world, it takes time to live a life, to hold a loved one’s hand, to listen to the pauses in an anecdote to understand what love is. Those who dwell entirely on their own concerns are doomed, I think, to a hell of mirrors.

Try not to think overmuch about people who extrapolate from nothing. You are where you need to be right now.

I hope your Mom gets better and you get to spend more time with her.

Jane, sending your Mom and your entire family healing……..
Who cares about the TNR trolls?
No one but the pea brains.

Love to you and your Mom and sister. Healing thoughts are being sent your Mom’s way.

sorry to disappoint your clever mother: many cruise ships have Internet access nowadays so you can travel with family and sneak off to blog too !

Jane. Take care of youself. Really. And be with your Mom and your family. I can tell you from experience you will never regret it. Ever.

The rest is less. And we got your back anyway.

PS, The idea that you and Redd take orders from anyone is a laugh-riot. I think the New Republic is working to grab some real estate on the grocery store newspaper checkout space.

Jane –

Difficulties in my own little corner of the world have kept me from commenting at this blog virtually all the time you’ve been caught up in your family’s intense emergency, so until now I haven’t been able to say this:

Since I first heard about your mom, Mr. K8 and I have been praying for your mom, you, and the rest of your family.

In this house we’ve been through this to the end with both sets of our parents, and we know how deeply you are drinking of that bitter cup we call “the cost of love.”

It hurts like hell, but there is no other place in the world you’d rather be than at the side of the one you love, doing whatever you can, even if that comes down to just being present, silently expressing your devotion.

Bless you.

We’re thinking of you and your mom a lot.

Jane, hang in there! The store’s being minded by major-league talent out front and behind the counter.

Family first!

Jane, all the best with your Mom. Houston may be atrocious (c.f. a letter sent prior to realization of your circumstances), but Galveston is a swell destination, even if just for transit. Hope y’all make the trip.

*ilson = umpa lumpa!? I always suspected….

considering the success of YKos, the TNR thing seems to be a Rovian attack on what he sees to be power-centers of the blogosphere. Congrats !

Jane,

Don’t let the creeps and idiots get you down. Best wishes to you, your mother and family.

Mr. Sandman 10 — thanks, just wanted to swat that one down before it turned into a huge brouhaha. Wish I thought I didn’t have to but even the little boy Red State Racists were picking up the baton and I didn’t want Christy to get swamped by it. Taking time to kill it now seemed the best idea, even though the timing could not be worse.

Thanks Pach, BobbyG, BreadBox, everyone, you’re the best. And thanks *ilson for keeping the place tidy.

Jane– all good thoughts and blessings to your Mom, your sis and you. I’m hoping you all get on that boat as scheduled. Keep the faith! Her wishes to go on the cruise are a wonderful sign of hope and will. Tis the summer solstice, after all. ;)

Dr. BB– I am putting your parents in my circle of hope, too.

Our hearts are with you Jane and your mother!

Jane, all of us in your blog family here are sending cyber-caring and thoughts and prayers your way. I hope you draw sustenance for the spirit in that.

Having been thru the back and forth of surgeries and ICUs and “normal” rooms [just what is supposed to be normal about being in the hospital!] when my husband’s health cratered for a while, I know how wearying this time can be for you. Please take care of yourself as you and your sister along with the medical team care for your mother.

I recall, too, what a valuable escape using the hospital’s internet room was from time to time…so we’re here if you need us. And as for TNR…well,The Nut Rag shall get its just desserts in due time…they always do.

Dr. BB –

You and your family will be in our prayers, too. Hugs to you!

It’s always a pleasure to drop in here, and I agree with others that you’d barely rate an uptick on the servile compliance meter…

All the best to your mom and the rest of you.

ProfWombat 31 — that made me laugh.

*ilson#24….hit the nail on the fat backside. They are VERY worried…..you can feel it!

Take care of your mother and yourself Jane. My thoughts are with you both, and as for TNR… insects.

Jane…Our thoughts and prays are with you and your family. May the lessons of your Mom remain close to your heart. She taught you well…

Ian 34 — and thanks so much for doing such wonderful guests posts in my stead. I worry about the readership being ably taken care of not at all.

Jane,
Briefly delurking to offer my best wishes to you and your family. Thanks also to Christy and the rest of the crew at FDL for keeping things going in your absence.

Bent

Jane, well now you know you are past the “first they ignore you” phase!

As said, who cares about the TNR trolls! It’s obvious that FDL is a vibrant community of posters and commenters. It’s a pleasure to see so many step in with posts. The conversation is ongoing. You are missed, does it need to be said? And you will be back in force when you can. No problem.

Best wishes to your family. Hope your Mom gets better very soon.

Obviously, these charges are baseless, an attempt to smear bloggers on behalf of a wheezing magazine struggling for life. How could anyone read this blog and Daily Kos and think the writers were all secretly in cahoots?

“a couple of trolls popped in from nowhere and tried to raise the TNR story here but as a black-costumed stagehand, I swatted them down”

I noticed, good job ; ) It’s bunk.

Hiya, Jane! My best to you and your mom.

Jane:

You have a great ciber family of pure bloods, half-bloods and mudbloods. They all love you, so no need to pay attention to people who don’t even bother to do their research.

Have a great trip with your mother! The reason I came out to post is because this blog feels and is like a family.

Big hug!

Jane,

The idiots at TNR are becoming deranged by the smell of their own flopsweat.

None of this matters. All that is important is that you take care of yourself and your loved ones.

Big hugs.

Jane:

You mean the usual suspects didn’t do any research? What??? Shocking!!!

You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

And I must say, the thought of *ilson behind the curtain slapping down trolls makes me smile. Alot.

Can’t wait to see you back, but really hope you’re on a boat with your family ASAP.

Best,

Best wishes to you Jane and your mother. You have many friends here.

Blood’s thicker than any of the unholy water they try to scatter…

I add all my good wishes to the pile, Jane, plus a fitz and a ned for good measure.

Sounds like you and your sis are conspiring to do the right thing. Those are conspiracies we should all be a part of.

I feel for you and your mother. Being together now will last forever. Let go and come back stronger than before.

May you both be well.

Hey! We insects resemble that remark!

Take care of your mother, Jane. Everything else has far less importance.

Speaking of thanks, I hope cbl pops in here to receive mine for a thoughtful post yesterday concerning Tandy.

Thanks, cbl! And the story you told about throwing food on the floor brought much-needed laughs to our household.

All the best to your beloved 11 yr old furry child! May those kidneys heal with your new nutritional regimen.

Ezra Klein at American Prospect has a story about this kerfuffle http://www.prospect.org/weblog…..tml#002893

The hell with ‘em Jane,they aren’t fit to even kiss your ass.They’re just mad because they aren’t the cool kids anymore.Even some of the smaller blogs I visit are getting hammered by trolls in the last few days,really nasty ones.I think they smell a threat,hence the releasing of the winged monkeys.They’re SO predictable,it’s pretty pathetic.

I hope you all get on that boat in July too.Sending many gentle hugs your way,and lots of peaceful vibes.Your mom raised a great daughter who is where she needs to be right now.As far as I can tell,FDL hasn’t skipped a beat.Don’t worry.

Oh, and thanks also for the “Dark Side” threads today. I was having teeth drilled and couldn’t participate but having made such an OT fuss about the show last night I really feel like you guys came through. Where has the reaction to the show been, though? Even left blogistan has largely ignored it. Well it’s all familiar material to us, to be sure, but for this kind of thing to have max effect requires getting some BUZZ going. I know there was little actually new in it, but watching it was like a punch in the gut, it was so starkly different from the usual coverage of the topic. Kudos to you guys for giving it some major play here.

Jane,
The most important person in your world is your mother. Take care of her and yourself. You will be all right.

try to take care of yourself as well babygirl – what a thing you have built here – a friggin’ community with authentic concerns for one another -my, my, my

make that boat sweetie !

Jane,

Never met you and really don’t know you but one thing about the liberal community is that we have real family values. I no exactly what you are going thru and my prayers and positive thoughts are with you and your family.

There is really something insidious about the republicans and there hypocritical shots at us about our morality. Most of them can’t keep a marriage together let alone a family.

Thank you Jane for everything you have written here and at kos. Will still be here waiting on every word until you get back.

Take care.

I hope you and your sister have share some wonderful times and create some new good memories with your mom and with each other while you are there.

As the queen of OT posts and rambles, I can attest for the rigid, totalitarian control on all postings exercised here at FDL. *g*

Add to that the fact that nothing much important, like disasters in the war, the economy and the political landscape, has been happening lately, and you can see why the Losst Boys are flying from NeverneverisitGWB’sfault Land to try to find a new Tinkerbell and someone to clap.

Enjoy your family despite the stress.

It’s time to change the meme.

I wish Democratic candidates would quit saying things like “Caring for our veterans is not a Republican or a Democratic issue.” (Senator Murray being quoted on Larry King tonight.)

It apparently is a partisan issue. Republicans don’t want to care for our veterans and Democrats do. Why give away this issue?

Republicans don’t want to clean up our toxic disaster areas, and Democrats do.

Republicans don’t want to strengthen Social Security, and Democrats do.

And on and on. These are partisan issues. It’s past time the Democrats said so.

Yearly Kos–including FDL’s strong presence–hit the trolls like a tsunami. They are floundering.

My mother passed away in February. She was just shy of eighty-six. I still haven’t been able to grapple with the fact she’s gone. The last thing she said to me in the hospital before I left that night was “I’m gonna miss you kiddo”. We both knew that I wouldn’t be making the trip to her bedside the next morning. I suppose it’s the child in me that wonders why we can’t all live to be three hundred. What’s the difference? You know, like we’d all graduate from high school at say 100, and get married at 150 and have kids of our own at 200, and still have a century ahead of us to enjoy. That’s the game Mom and I used to play. I think about Mama so many times every day. And I always will. Somehow, the pain when you lose you mother is more devasting than anything else. And no matter what, even when you think you are; your never ready for the time when she’ll be there no more. I wish Jane the best.

Best wishes to you and your mom, Jane.

And, as someone who has worked in a hospital, I’m glad someone is staying with your mother 24/7. Unfortunately, that is the only way to assure good quality of care now and no regrets later.

xoxoxo

Jane:

Thanks for all you do at FDL. Take care of mom (and yourself). Don’t let TNR take up another second of your thoughts.

I canceled my print version of TNR in the early nineties, right after they published that hatchet job by Betsy McGaughey against HRC’s health plan. Well for some god only knows reason I subscribed to the online edition a while ago. I just want you to know that right after I finish this comment I am going to their site and happily cancel my subscriptio again (for the last time) and I am doing it in your honor.

Best of wishes, and I really hope you make that cruise.

P.S. I didn’t realize how beatiful you are until YearlyKos. I just had to say that. Wow.

Jane — you and your family remain in our thoughts. It’s good to see you here, but never fear, we’ll keep the place going when you can’t be with us.

I wanted to tell that guy from TNR he was being an a-hole, but the comments section is for the dwindling number of subscribers only. Oh, well.

Oklahoma kiddo– that was incredibly beautiful and I am so sorry for you. ;(

When my wife was in the ICU three years ago after suffering a severe stroke, and she was not expected to live through the week, I was surprised to discover a silver lining. I found that I was truly part of a community (several, in fact) and that in such dire times nothing provided solace and other support more than those friends and family. Since then, as my wife has defied the initial prognosis and slowly, painfully made progress back, that silver lining has almost completely overcome the clouds.

Jane, I hope that you have a similarly blessed experience — both in the support of your community (FDL and others) and in the recovery of your mother to health. I wish I had advice to offer, but there’s no easy way to go through some things — so instead I offer my prayers and best wishes for you and your family.

Yes, Jane, please focus on your family right now. The troops have your back.

Take the Hitler vs. Coulter Quiz

Can you correctly attribute the following quotes?

http://www.people.virginia.edu…..rquiz.html

PS I got 9 right

LindaR: Ms. Murray says veteran care shouldn’t be a partisan issue but then she goes and points out that the GOP makes it a partisan issue… most Americans think it is right to properly care for soldiers afterwards and most Americans think it is “a bad thing” to short-shrift veterans …

Hugs and prayers Jane,

Don’t lose any sleep over that putz at TNR. I just read the “article” and felt like I was transported back to junior high. Completely ridiculous, but flattering in a way.

They’re afraid of you now. ;)

Take good care, and don’t worry about us bozos, we’ll fight the fight until our leader is back in the saddle.

Jane, take care, and take care of.
we’ve got your back.

open link at 62

Jane,

Do take care of yourself. Doing hospital duty can be really wearying. It’s hard on the emotions, hard on the body and hard on the soul.

Sending prayers your way and thanks back to YOU for the family you have created here. It may not have become what you originally had in mind. It is far more than any of us could have imagined when we first dropped in and made ourselves at home.

Be well, know that we care and we will do our part to hold up whatever we can.

Jane,

Prayers are with you and your family all over this country. Nothing else really matters enough to take away from that.

The swiftboating of the blogosphere has begun.

But it’s nothing we can’t handle.

They’ll find a more worthy army of opponents waiting for them in the netroots community than they’ve ever found before. They can bring it on with gusto. We all know who you are – and who Markos is – and can see right through it all.

In fact, the fact that you’re being swiftboated – especially now – just shows how scared they are of you.

And through you, all of us.

Keep your vigil, Jane.

Your friends around the globe wish only that you and your family find peace and lasting connections.

All the rest is pure nonsense.

Mom’s make the world go round. Nice to see you Jane, take good care.

Rumsfeld has been a very bad boy (white trash pie) as if you needed another distraction
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..s_politics

Here’s hoping you all get on that boat together. We should try to spend all the time with our loved ones that we can. It can be over in the blink of an eye, and I want to have lots and lots of good memories. Sending good thoughts to you and your family.

What’s Next ? a TNR Slambook ?!?!?

puerile jerks ! as much as I like Ezra (another calendar boy mommybrain), I know if I read it, I’ll just get po’d and ruin the warmth from Jane’s appearance

Mrs.K8 – thanks so much – today is the closest to ‘normal’ he’s been in weeks – can’t believe how much happiness can be found just by walking down by the creek with your best friend

i hope your mom experiences a fantastic, speedy recovery, jane.

from my family to yours: all the best wishes.

What RevDeb said. Take care of yourself, Jane and don’t worry about us. We’re in good hands.

I am furious at TNR. I am happy (selfishly) that you posted.
Much love to you, your family, and especially your Mom.

Hey Mary,

did you catch the Padilla link @ #18 last thread ?

Mark C @ 64

I am in the same boat. I just canceled my online subscription, and left a comment to that effect at the end of the story at TNR

One way or the other, you’ll be taking that cruise with your mom — maybe not in reality, but in your dreams. And in hers, too — sometimes its only the dream that is important. I’ll be thinking of you and your family.

Oklahoma kiddo –

Yes, that’s exactly right, you’ve captured the feeling. My heart goes out to you, as I remember what it was like when the reality was still so fresh.

That pain really is the price of love, isn’t it?

[You’ll be in my heart during night prayers, too.]

I wish I had words that could help. We miss you and your family is in our prayers.

TNR, NRO all the same at this point. How sad for them.

Jane, I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. The pathetic likes of Zengerle can’t compare in importance to family. While you didn’t need this distraction at a time like this, he really is ultimately insignificant, as TNR is increasingly becoming.

Take care of yourself and your sister as well as your mom. And take solace from your community here.

The very best wishes for your mom’s recovery.

Loretta 22 — we all know that there won’t be any Galveston. But we pretend. And dream.

Jane,
My instinct as a psychologist is to suggest that you IGNORE the scumbags on the other side. However, you were probably right in giving us a heads-up on what those creeps are saying. I join everyone else at this site in expressing best wishes.
And by the way, you and Christy have created a great community!

mcjoan 86 — thanks so much. It was great to meet you (finally) at YK. Such a beauty!

Jane, they are indeed small people doing small, petty things. Pitiful and pathetic spring to mind over their attacks.

Sending you and your mother the beautiful healing light from a glorious Colorado sunset. Peace.

RevDeb#86….DOUBLE DITTO!

best wushes jane

on a side note fore you and everyone here who has sprint pcs available in your area

sroint has a data card that gets 800 kps wherever you have a phone signal…it’s a great deal, unlimited access to the internet anyhwere and everywhere, my flat is lower then everyone elses, but I think it’s less then 80 dollars for unlimited

this is a must have for travelers, look into it

*ilson @ 70 — yeah, she does live on the show, but the quote I typed was from clip from a speech she had given. I used my tivo to make sure I got the quote right.

It’s a pet peeve of mine about Democrats generally and that was just a little sample. The Republicans in the senate or the house make something happen (or not happen) and then when Democrats talk about it, they say “we” did this and that. Yikes!

Jane,

Sending the best vibes to you, mom an and your sis. Redd can handle this and she can call in plenty of help, so you can attend to mom and not be concerned. FDL is not going anywhere!

When it is right you will return.

Best to you!

Frankly Joe Klein and TNR did more to enable Bush than Fox News. Now it is coming home to roost. F**k them.

Jane – The community you and Christy have built here is strong and vibrant, and the guest posters have all done an excellent job in your (virtual) absence. Even still, you are missed.

Take care, and enjoy that cruise. We’ll manage.. somehow. ~sigh

Conspiracy of a loving family
By {{{{{Jane}}}}}

This little firepup lives close to OK. If you and Sis need any help of any kind. Would be an honor and pleasure to support the Sisters of the Lake. Now back to cruise visualization.

Jane, sorry to hear about your Mom. I hope she will be alright as well as yourself. My thoughts and prayers are for you and your family.

I’m amazed at how threatened so many people are by the left blogistan movement. Yearly Kos seems to have scared the beejeezus out of a whole bunch of people.

Peace, love and serenity to you and your mother Jane.

Kos has ordered me to extend my best wishes to you and your family in a trying time. But I woulda done it anyway.

Kos now commands me to eat pizza. I must comply…

This is like that scene at the end of It’s a Wonderful Life where everyone brings money to George Bailey. As I wrote the other night, we have progressive family values. Jane is loved. We take care of our own. I doubt Jason Zingerle knows what that’s like, and I’ll bet it bugs the shit out of him.

Take care, Jane.

.

I was never quite sure what he was talking about, but for some reason this song comes to mind.

Cat Stevens “Longer Boats”

Longer boats are coming to win us
They’re coming to win us, they’re coming to win us
Longer boats are coming to win us
Hold on to the shore, they’ll be taking the key from the door.

I don’t want no God on my lawn
Just a flower I can help along
’cause the soul of no body knows
How a flower grows… oh how a flower grows.

Chorus

Mary dropped her pants by the sand
And let a parson come and take her hand
But the soul of no body knows
Where the parson goes, where does the parson go?

Chorus

My thoughts are with you and your fam. Please stay strong – we need you and your bravery, intellect, wit, and precision analysis of all the crap that gets thrown at us from the MSM.

I will light a candle for your mother. Sending strength and warmest regards,

(though I am a stranger)
Love,
M

Oklahoma kiddo — that was beautiful.

Jane,

TNR slamming bloggers; joementum opening the Iraq
redeployment debate for the repugs. same idiocy.

Ignore this for now; we’ve got you covered.

My thoughts are with you and your family, and seeing you on that boat in July.

In april I had a couple of “hospital weeks” and today mom (86 yo)insisted she could walk the block and a half to a restaurant.

punaise #103

Longer boats could be Vikings. Always a good idea to warn people about them. You never know. And I wouldn’t trust that parson either!

Jane, I don’t post here often, but I read here pretty constantly, and I am so sorry to hear about your mom’s health. You are doing what you need to do, be there with her, and the rest of this crap will take care of itself and fade into well-deserved obscurity. Hope your mom feels better. We’ll be looking for a full report from the boat in July. Be well.

My Prayers are with you and your mother at this time, but please try to do the folowing for her care while in hospita.
1. never leave her unattended-hire a private nurse if necessary to make sure the medicines and cleanliness procedures are followed;
2.try to be present un person for early morninf anf later in the day doctor visitations;
3.consult an independent expert in your mom’s condition and have that dr. speak directly to the attending supervisory dr.
4. get all legal documents together now before you need to later…
5. take nice pictures of her and you if she regains consciousness
6.take care of yourself, get plenty of sleep, good food, love
Know that even as we share in your pain of your difficulties, all of us have experienced something similar-its part of being human,
God bless you and U wish you peace of mind

Don’t worry about those idiots, Jane. Stick with the important stuff.

Best wishes and prayers for your mother and your family.

When your spirit gets weary, Jane, look out at the night sky and we’ll all twinkle back atcha…. you are missed, you are treasured by all of us.

Jane
First things first. My prayers are with you and your mother. The only thing worse than the illness of a parent is the illness of a child.
Redd will do fine.

as tothe Kos thing, I honestly don’t know much about it, but the following closing argument seems pretty week…
“P.S. Was Armstrong really, as Kos claims, a “poor grad student” when he settled with the SEC? Armstrong agreed to the settlement in December 2003. That was eleven months after he and Kos started their political consulting business and six months after the two were hired by the Dean campaign at a rate of $3,000 a month”
wowq, so, they collected a whopping $1,500/ month each before expenses. Hot Damn! I’m quitting my day job!

Jane–my love to all of you there. And, another one bites the dust.
–
Defendant expected to take stand in sexual harassment case
June 21,2006
Brittney Booth
EDINBURG %u2014 Political consultant and ad producer Carey Lee Cramer is expected to testify today defending himself against charges he sexually molested two young girls.

Cramer, who gained national notoriety with an anti-Al Gore commercial in 2000, is facing several counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

http://www.themonitor.com/Site…..ion=Valley

Jane,
Delurking to let you know you are in my prayers, and I do pray even if I am a progressive democrat. Only someone who did not read anything you or Christy wrote would beleive you could be silenced.

Colleen

113 comments and counting…Just look at this….This is America…..people speaking from their heart and supporting one another, hell there have even been arguements (not on this thread BUT SO WHAT)… this is true, reality the beauty of the human SPIRIT…that is why I love FDL and everyone who posts here….That is what Jane and Christy have created!

my husband, who only checks in here about once a week

just now spewed some brisket at the mere idea of Jane or Christy doing or not doing something as ordred by anyone

omg, he just slapped his knee AND he’s still guffawing

Jane, sorry to be coming so late to the comments. You are the best. I’ve lost one parent, and been through a very close call with another. During those experiences, I learned a lot about them. More, perhaps than I had in spans of years. In one case, something valiant that I had never seen before. In another case, a few simple remarks that made the world of difference in showing me what was important to them, and what they treasured. I think you’ve seen both. Whatever comes, your mom’s remark “we’re all going to get better and get on that boat” should tell you how much hope she has, and how much she values you, you personally, and you family. xx00.

Jane,

I’ve been a lurker for some time now, and I just wanted to say that I hope your mother is well and everything turns out for the best.

Thank you very much for all the great work you do here.

Jane, my Mom (who is my mentor, kindred spirit and friend) believes that relationships are the most important experiences of this life journey. Our first relationships in life are formed with our mothers, fathers and siblings and the strength, power and comfort of those relationships can continue long after the loved one has gone.

Love is not limited by time or space. After my Dad died, I was talking to him and said, “I love you, Papa.” In my mind I heard him respond, “I know, it shines here.”

I hope you experience support and comfort from your FDL family as we send you our thoughts and affection.

We love you, Jane!

The political fight will still be here, take care of the really important things right now.

And I’ll give another “to hell w/ TNR”. I actually subscribed a few years ago and found out recently that they do automatic renewals on subscriptions! What is up with that? That’s not a cool practice, I’ve never even seen that.

cbl at 117 — my husband had the same reaction *g*

Jane, we’ve got your back honey. And Christy’s too. No need to worry on that front. And I wish you, your mother, and your entire family the blessings of this Solstice day.

May the golden light of this longest day shine into the darkness of your hours when a ray of hope is most needed.

May the essence of life that perfumes the Earth’s very breath infuse you with strength to do the tasks required of you.

May the abundance of goodness that flows from the breasts of our mother Gaia sustain you in your weakest moments and nourish your weary soul.

May you know the peace and love of both your families, the ones who gave you life and the ones who choose you to be part of their own lives.

Blessed be.

Jane,
Your family grows larger every day and every one of them is rooting for your mom I’m praying like crazy for a great boat trip..

Ah, Priscilla, perfect.

Dear Jane, Prayers to you and your family.

cbl – Best to you and your dog with the kidney issues. I want to recommend several sources of great info on the topic. First, dogaware.com there is an entire section devoted to kidney disease. Second, b-naturals.com – go to the newsletter section, there are several articles that will be helpful. There is also a wonderful Yahoo group devoted to helping deal with kidney disease.

Who is this Jason Zengerle, anyway?

At times like these, Jane, communities often gather around a friend in need and bring food to the house, to take the burden of shopping and cooking away. We can’t do that, but the feast of recipes from the firepups last Saturday in the Pull Up a Chair thread might help with some ideas.

Browse through the thread – it’s a long one – and cook one up. If you’re tired, there are some fast and easy ones; if you really want to pull out all the stops, there are some really elaborate ones. Find one that catches your fancy, and have at it – as our gift to you.

The smell and the taste will not only nourish your body, but will also remind you in some very tangible ways that you are loved by all of us around here.

Prayers for you all, Jane. Your mom’s loving hands did good.

OT….but new Gallup says Dems still poised to win midterms 51% to 39%

http://poll.gallup.com/content/?ci=23389

cbl 117 -

THAT was my immediate thought as well. LOL!

Jane,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Please take care of yourself during this very trying time.

Best wishes, Ms. Hamsher. Thanks for your work, and Redd’s work, without which I (and several bazillion other people) wouldn’t have a clue about Plame, Rove, Libby et al.

Hope your mom pulls through, and you have a wonderful cruise together.

You and your Mom are in our thoughts and our prayers.
We’ll all still be here when you have time.
Your Mom must be a great lady to have a daughter like you.

Jane and family, be well. I hope you can take some comfort in the fact that you are loved and appreciated at the Lake. You have a solid army here and we absolutely have your back. There will be plenty of opportunity for payback. Heh.
Take good care, and thanks for letting us know how you are doing.

I wondered where Jane was. Best wishes for your family and your mom.

The TNR story is silly, search DailyKos for the infamous cigar smoke saturated memo and see what nonsense it is. Even a TNR blogger should have better things to do (wipe nose, scratch, all sort of things come to mind). Too bad about TNR, I hope the remaining good chunks stay uninfected by snooty neocon and DLC nonsense.

Congrats on the Soros book salon.

meant to make that a link, and it showed up that way in Preview, but alas . . it’s not there now.

Pull Up a Chair is at http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..p-a-chair/

new thread — http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..he-charts/

BTW they are still at it on C-Span 2- ah yes, they are going to decide what to do with the war. Sure they are.

jane,

everything that is important and real about your mother will remain after her body dies. remember the good times you had together and disregard everything else. when this universe disappears that is all that will be left because that is all that is truly real. best wishes.

persiflage & piffle #120:

beautifully said…

Peterr and everyone — I’m going to do the Pull Up a Chair thread as a regular Saturday morning ritual. It was such a hit with everyone that it needs to continue.

So get ready for it again this weekend…

Jane,

Much love to you and comfort for what your family is going through.

Take care, and know lots of hands are holding yours here in blogtopia, okay?

A.

Jane: All the best wishes from your northern blogging neighbours for your mom’s return to good health

It’s now my greatest hope in the world that she will be better and we’ll all be boarding a boat in Galveston on July 8.

It’s now my hope too. God bless.

Pade

thank you very much !

TO ALL THOSE DE LURKING -

Welcome to FDL ! if you are regulars, you know the drill, once de-lurked, ya stay de lurked. Some of the very commenters you look for in every post were once lurkers – so out ya come – it’ll only add to the conversation

Re TNR flap: following the link *ilson provided in #52, I see M Kaus is in on the story. I have not read MK in years since he disorients me. But if Kaus is peddling the story, that makes it officially silly. I figure FDL has sense and will concentrate on truly important things.

Jane,

I’m late to the discussion as usual but my prayers and best wishes will continue for you and your family.

Don’t sweat the small stuff or the small-minded stuff.

All the best to you and yours, Jane.

*de-lurking*

Good luck and peace be with you Jane.

*finding it hard to re-lurk*

wesgpc,

sweetie, that is your thread upstairs – economics baby !

Christy @ 143 –

If/when you do that, you might also put a button on the front page for fast links to those posts.

Maybe call it a “Fast Link to Slow Food” button.

Jane, I’m new here at the Lake but want to extend my best wishes to you and your mom. roses

Peterr at 153 — I’m going to make a category for it, like we do the Sunday Talking Heads (because the bird pix have become so popular *g*).

Remember to take good care of yourself and treat your self with kindness. We should all be so lucky as to have such caring when it’s our turn to fade. I wish your mother grace, courage, and though you are strangers to me, love.

Hang in there kid. And honestly, forget about The New Republicans. Everyone else has.

What a beautiful symmetry you describe of you and your sister feeding the woman who fed you, of the two of you lovingly attending the woman who lovingly stroked and curled your hair, of watching over her sleep as she watched over yours, of treasuring her words as she treasured the first you spoke. The circles of your lives are firmly linked and nothing – nothing at all – can take away that link.

Jane, if your mother’s body is breaking down – if this is something her doctor has told you is truly and inevitably in process – I hope that the doctor is giving you all the information you need about end-of-life care, has hooked you up with hospice care, or that you can find end-of-life care information yourself. There is excellent information on how to be sure that your mother is as comfortable and peaceful as possible and information on what to expect. Some things about end-of-life care are counter-intuitive. As a person’s body shuts down, sensations of hunger and thirst disappear as the body recognizes that it can no longer digest food or circulate fluids. Pushing food and water, which seems natural, can cause discomfort. Giving a loved one your permission to let go is a gift to them.

I hope that this is not your mother’s trajectory now, and that she recovers fully and voyages with you and your sister in July. Whatever happens, I know you have the strength and wisdom to deal with it. You’re in our thoughts.

Elizabeth

Jane-
Forget us for a while. Keep your head w/Mom. We miss you and love you and we have your back. We’ll all have a good thought for your family.

Jane, Luke sends hugs to you and your mommy and Kobe. Me, too.

Soros- quelle coup!

Jason Zengerle was Stephen Glass’s fact-checker at TNR when Glass was writing his fabricated articles. At the time, Zengerle was a new hire at TNR.

You can verify this with Zengerle: jzengerle@tnr.com

Old Gardener – we were sitting on my mom’s bed talking when she became focused on something on her balconey. “What’s that squirrel doing with those scissors?” she asked. We looked around quizzically – no squirrel, no scissors. I shrugged and said “He’s here to cut your cord, Mom.” “Oh, no, not today. Wednesday, tell him to come back Wednesday.” He did.

Have courage, Jane. We will await the return of your wonderful, thoughtful posts sometime after you have that lovely family cruise. Continued best wishes.

We seem to have a couple of trolls here. How utterly shameless.

Jane – today I planted an big orange dahlia in my yard, and said a little prayer for your mom. Orange like the evening sun.

Many hugs coming your way….

Bright blessings to you and your mother and sister, Jane. I wish her a swift recovery, robust health and long life. I cared for my mother for 3 years during her battle with cancer. I lost her last year, but we really packed a lot of living in till the end.

Well, I couldn’t resist following the link to read the “story.” What a classic piece of yellow journalism! I dumped my TNR subscription about a year ago, so I couldn’t comment directly. The fact that only subscribers could comment made me snort. I thought it was telling that by a ratio of two to one the commenters cried bullshit on the piece. Kind of justifies my faith in the good sense of the lefty b-sphere.

We wish all the comfort you give your mom is given back to you. I read the support here and am touched and heartened by your ability to create care in the world. Your mom must be also. Take good care, and be kind to yourself.

I don’t feed trolls. I just want to reaffirm my good feelings for Jane and her family and tell her I have the utmost confidence in her integrity.

Someone kill the troll at 162, pls.

Jane – no matter how old we are, we are always our mother’s children, even as our own role shifts from being cared for to being caregiver. As I have taken over more and more things for my own mother, there are times when I yearn for the days when my mother’s and my roles were firmly fixed. Sad to say, she does, too. I try to care without smothering, as I also do for my 23 yr old and 20 yr old (well, not 20 until October, but…), to resist doing more even when it would be easier, because it hurts her – and me – too much to take another chunk of independence away from her. It seemed that no sooner had I gotten pretty good about letting my girls have their independence, I was faced with trying not to take my mother’s away.

And yet…we can still push each other’s buttons. Just the other day, I marveled at how, with a word or a tone, she can return this almost 53-year old to the days of being about 6. The power I now hold is that I can do the same thing to her if I am not careful. It’s a power I would rather not have, but it makes me look ahead to my own old age and wonder how this dance will be done with my own children. I’m pretty sure I am going to drive them crazy.

I suppose the point of this ramble is that I’ve had you in my thoughts a lot the last few days, and been thinking a lot about the mother-daughter thing, and hoping that you are finding strength and comfort in the bond you have with your mother and sister.

Peace, and love and strength to all of you.

My father died a few years ago, and I had a daughter (newborn) who was terminally ill, and recieving chemotherapy for tumours in the heart, lungs, kidney, spleen and liver.

Things were pretty grim, and it was a hard time.

Looking back, I feel like I crawled through the days, didn’t walk or stand proud.

But I do know this, that I was around many, those who chose to be there with us at that time, were those who chose to love.

There was a powerful and understated message of hope and love amidst that suffering.

I hope you find the same strenght, caring and comfort, when that time comes.

BTW, as it turned out, my daughter, who had less that a .01 percent chance of seeing six-months, will be celebrating her seventh birthday this August.

Here’s to hope and consolation Jane, sorry for your hardship at this time.

Don’t worry folks – 162 and 164 ought to be deleted shortly, I’m sure.

Interesting how the cockroaches are suddenly coming out to feed. Yes, Ykos must have stirred up a great deal of fear for the Dark Side.

172
you are dismissed.

good luck to you and your mom, jane. i hope you get to go on the cruise with her and your whole family.

don’t let the bastards grind you down.

Sophist – that’s a miracle for you and your daughter. Hope endures.

Jane, you were a great help when my mom was very sick. You pinch-hit for me, and I’ll never forget that kindness.

I’m so glad you’re there for your mom. And your sister too. You’re in Larry’s and my thoughts. Hugs.

take care, hon : >

I say fuck ‘em Jane. Enjoy your time with your mother. It’ll be irreplaceable.

Speaking of Galveston, here’s a story to cheer you up:

My mother worked as a waitress at the over-the-water Flagship Hotel in Galveston back in the 1960’s. She’s now 83 and a churchgoing, tithing Baptist. And she loves to tell the story of a particularly snooty, uppity, demanding nasty woman who she used to wait on back in the day. The woman was somewhat a regular, and never had anything right with her food or service, always sending her eggs or whatever back and was basically a pain in the ass.

Today we all know that bitch as Kay Bailey Hutchison.

And people don’t think their reputations amongst the little people count…

Jane, I’m sorry for how things seem to be going for your mom, but I’m glad that you and your family get to spend these days bathed in the love that you have described. Focus on that part and you can get through the rest. Hugs for all from the lake…

Peace be with you Jane. Smacking someone when they have a moral obligation to be a flesh and blood human being rather than a blogistan street-fighting black belt is no shame on you, it is evidence of your virtue and their depravity. Had they had the balls character to challenge you to a fair snarkfight, they would have done do.

A rapid and full recovery to your mother and peace and comfort to your family.

F*ck TNR. Here’s hoping Rove’s little playmates get burned from FDL’s white hot sunshine.

Hang in there, Jane.

:)

Oh Sophist,

was so moved by your comment, I didn’t even make it to the btw part until just now – so now I’m really blubbering – great big cry for happy

how very sweet of you to share your reflections with Jane

viral cockroach at 183