I've thought about the holidays too. I was thinking about how much worse Mother is now than she was last Thanksgiving. Last year she was still walking and could communicate at least some and could totally feed herself. There's just no way we could handle Mother the way she is now. It was hard last year, but now it would be impossible. It's sad to think that the time has come that we'll celebrate without our parents - I guess I just never thought about that time arriving. I really don't want the time to arrive where none of us gather at all for the holidays, because that's not what Mother and Daddy would want us to do and I can't imagine my life without all of you. Even though we might not talk every day, it's nice to know I have all of you that I could call when I needed to . Not everyone has the support system that we do and I'm so thankful for all of you. Love you, Pat