A good friend emailed this link to me. *Tissue Warning*

A Parent's Wish

By Kate on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 09:32 am:

It's poignant and all, but that song refers to God....not human parents. I guess it bothered me that they used it for this purpose, even though I understand how the few verses they used applied.

I do get nervous with elderly people and never know what to do or how to act. I hope I can be normal and natural like I'm supposed to.

By Trina~moderator on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 09:38 am:

Wow, as a parent with aging parents, this really hit home.

By Kate on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 12:37 pm:

Whoops, I apologize. I've been corrected. The song was originally a secular pop song. A Christian group recorded it and THEY mean it to be about God, but it is not their original song, nor was it originally intended to be about God, but about anyone you admire and who has helped you become the person you are. Sorry!

By Ginny~moderator on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 06:46 pm:

As a parent who cared for aging parents - and with my father being "gone" from dementia a couple of years before he died - this really hits home.

Another heartbreaker today is George Will's tribute to his mother, who had Alzheimers, and who died.

http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14277579p-15086622c.html

By Dawnk777 on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 09:48 pm:

George Will's Tribute

I read that in the newspaper yesterday. It was very heartwarming. Alzheimer's does just steal away "who" a person is. I saw it with my grandmother. At her funeral, when the minister summed up her life, there were so many things I had already forgotten, about, from her life before Alzheimers, when she was in control of her life. It really helped me to remember WHO she was.

By Annie2 on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 09:58 pm:

Dawn, the site wouldn't open up for me.

Ginny, I agree. This is a very poignant message for aging parents as well as the infirm. I have been through both.

Kate, I really don't care where the original passage came from or for whom. I thought the message was beautiful.

By Hol on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 11:43 pm:

Wow! Tomorrow is my Mom's 86th birthday, and she is in a nursing home. It really brought the tears. Also, I tried to send it to my DD using Outlook Express (The link they give you, but it wouldn't go through).

By Dawnk777 on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 11:50 pm:

George Will - Sun Times

It looks like you don't have to register for this one. It's the same column.

By Ginny~moderator on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 07:37 am:

Thanks for making the links, Dawn.

By Dawnk777 on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 09:47 am:

You're welcome!