AllanahStarrNYC
10-29-2008, 01:19 AM
She is and always has been. A fiercely independent woman, thinker, and person.
A three time divorce', she raised my mother and my aunt with no help from my grandfather in a time when women did not that do that conventionally.
She ran her own beauty salon for years before she left Cuba on her own and made herslef independent as soon as she came to this country by making herself a nurse. She never rellied on a man, nor anyone, to pay her way.
She has always been so supportive and proud of me. She took care of me at her home when I had my first implants, and she always had my pictures at her house on display and proudly told everyone who came that I was her granddaughter.
At 85 years old today, she is is in very bad health. Ubable to breathe on her own, she is forced to reside in a nursing home hooked up to a respirator. Since her heart and kidneys have weaked so that she requires dialysis.
Her prognosis is not good and she will most likely live out the rest of her life where she is...
Today my mother called to tell me that my sister and her went to visit her and she told them she had voted. They were somwhat surprised, but they had come to the nursing home to get people who were unable to go out to vote, to vote.
When they asked her who she voted for, she said "Obama, I am a life long Democrat". It's nice to know that hooked up to a respirator and all, she still hs her mind and she still VOTED.
She made me SO proud today, I am glad to know that at 85 she is still as FIERCE as ever.
So all of you who can vote, if my 85 year old grandmother who is hooked up to a respirator can VOTE- you HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!!
Get out and vote Nov. 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A three time divorce', she raised my mother and my aunt with no help from my grandfather in a time when women did not that do that conventionally.
She ran her own beauty salon for years before she left Cuba on her own and made herslef independent as soon as she came to this country by making herself a nurse. She never rellied on a man, nor anyone, to pay her way.
She has always been so supportive and proud of me. She took care of me at her home when I had my first implants, and she always had my pictures at her house on display and proudly told everyone who came that I was her granddaughter.
At 85 years old today, she is is in very bad health. Ubable to breathe on her own, she is forced to reside in a nursing home hooked up to a respirator. Since her heart and kidneys have weaked so that she requires dialysis.
Her prognosis is not good and she will most likely live out the rest of her life where she is...
Today my mother called to tell me that my sister and her went to visit her and she told them she had voted. They were somwhat surprised, but they had come to the nursing home to get people who were unable to go out to vote, to vote.
When they asked her who she voted for, she said "Obama, I am a life long Democrat". It's nice to know that hooked up to a respirator and all, she still hs her mind and she still VOTED.
She made me SO proud today, I am glad to know that at 85 she is still as FIERCE as ever.
So all of you who can vote, if my 85 year old grandmother who is hooked up to a respirator can VOTE- you HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!!
Get out and vote Nov. 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!