That's the *Gn* I know and love.

Hope you get a call soon Jeni if you have not had one already. Soop hope you feel a bit more cheerful now. winewine

stansgran Please Look After Mother was Book at Bedtime on radio 4 some time ago. Thanks for the reminder after listening I intended to download it to my Kindle but forgot. I will download it now to read on holiday.

Hope your feeling better soop you have had lots of support from gn

soop I know how you're feeling. It just never goes away does it? That awful sinking feeling and sadness. You know that you aren't alone, there are a lot of us gransnetters in similar stages of heartbreak, so lots of (((hugs))) to you.

The "girls" will cheer you up when they get there!

jeni you're a star!

Go well dear soop, and jeni, too!

jeni there is a book called Please Look After Mother by a Korean author and it is being discussed by The Times book club(their own reviewers) and although there are widely differing opinions each Saturday each reviewer ends up saying he or she rang or saw their mother. send you daughter a copy(by Kyung-sook Shin) also the supportive messages have a precedent during and after the WWII in a book I'm reading"Can any Mother help me?" edited by Jenna Bailey and is a very charming prototype of Mumsnet/Gransnet by snail mail. Interesting to see that plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose-I don't do accents and rarely punctuate

I'm deeply touched by the many kind messages that have appeared during my [fitful] nap. Every one of them has helped me to feel less invisible during this gloomy spell. jeni You are a star. Your poem has made me

More hugs from me too and

soop I'm sorry youre feeling blue
I thinik I'm just the same as you
Dearest daughter didn't ring
I'm sure it doesn't mean a thing
She was busy all the day
To phone old mum
Just fled away
But I know she'll ring
And then my heart with joy will sing
And I hope that also
Will recover get up and go!

Seriously,

soop do what I do sometimes :- type out all my frustrations on the computer, say all the things I long to say to their face and dare not, swear if I want to and when I have finished I read it through a few times and delete it.
Sending {{{hugs}}} and some

I was going to suggest jingl to sort them out but, in the interest of harmony forbore!

Oh, soop. Can't do any more than suggest chocolate until glass, glamma and green get there with the scones! Or we could send someone round to "change their mind".

Seriously, I hope something is sorted soon - it's horrid isn't it?

A huge thank you for listening and being so considerate in my tearful hour. I'm going for a wee lie down. Back a little later.

soop xxxxxxxx and a hand held out to you.

soop {{{hugs}}} give jingle their number she will sort them out for you

Soop more (((hugs)))

imjingl ...thank you. I've done that too. Still no response. I can't stop crying...

glass I'll get sorted and put some of those scrummy scones in a tin we will pick up some cream and strawberry jam on the way,then stop off and pick up green I hope Soops home content insurance is up to date with us lot arriving en-mass.

kitty I've spelled it out in a loving, friendly letter, to no avail. I feel as though I'm carrying a big weight around with me...it's deep within my chest.

Send them a quick text soop? Even just "hello" might get a good response.

You are bound to be weakened at the moment. Give yourself some looking after if you can.

Aren't they usually soop. Do they know you are sad?

kitty I've no wish to bore the pants off my GN pals. You all deserve to enjoy a bright sunny day. My sadness hinges on a silly, personal 'family matter' that could so easily be resolved. I expect I'm feeling fragile because my body's been through a trauma...but in my heart of hearts, a brief message from the person about whom I'm feeling so sad, would make all the difference in the world to me. It all sounds so simple, doesn't it?

There might be the odd bit of fisticuffs too so move your best ornaments!

glass the very thought of having you lot call by for a natter, makes me