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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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I'm having a rough go right now, DH and I leave for WDW in 11 days. Good, right? Well last night on my way home my mom called to tell me it looks like this is finally the end for my Grandad. Granted this has been a long time coming, he just won't let go. The nurse said it could be a matter of hours, days or weeks. We spent most of the night with him last night, still hanging on, not coherant, not really awake, but still acutely there. He hasn't had anything to eat or drink in a bout 3 days now and everytime you try to give him water or even moisten his lips he clamps his jaw down. I don't know what to do. The selfish side of me wants to take my trip no matter what, and my mom thinks we should. But the other side says, well you have trip insurance. I think I just needs some prayers and good thoughts. The best thing for him would be to just let go. Does that make me a bad person? I mean to wish that, his 92nd birthday is on the 24th of this month, he's lived a long life and deserves to go peacefully. Sorry to lay that all out, it just feels better sometimes.
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He hasn't had anything to eat or drink in a bout 3 days now and everytime you try to give him water or even moisten his lips he clamps his jaw down.
The best thing for him would be to just let go. Does that make me a bad person? I mean to wish that, his 92nd birthday is on the 24th of this month, he's lived a long life and deserves to go peacefully. Sorry to lay that all out, it just feels better sometimes.
No you are not a bad person. You don't want him to suffer. It is natural. It does feel better to lay it all out and you should do so any time you need to. I don't know the man but would bet that he would want you to go ahead with the trip.
No, you aren't a bad person. We went through that a couple of years ago with Sulley's grandmother....she was 97. It sounds like maybe he wants to go too...clamping his jaw to keep fluids out.
Your Mom thinks you should go, she knows him best. for your decision. Follow your heart is the best advice I can give you.
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I had a very similar experience with my mother before she passed. You are not a bad person for any of your opinions or feelings to your personal situation. For my family, it was as if my mother needed to know that we were at ease with her passing before she would go. I hope everything works out for you and your family. Pixies!
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No, it makes you a normal person. My grandmothers are both still alive. My maternal GM is almost 97 yrs. old. SHE wants the end to come soon, let alone what the rest of us want. I pray almost daily that her suffering will stop. But, I also know how much I'll miss her presence in my life.
Personally, I think you'll have to decide what you want to do. It's a tough choice. One thing to think of would be whether you'll be able to enjoy yourself while at WDW. If the answer is: Yes, I think I'd have a fun time, I need this wonderful place to help me deal with these things, and Granddad would want me to be there, then GO.
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Definitely not wrong in your thinking - you don't want him to suffer any more.
We were leaving for Disney for my son's Grad Nite celebration party. The night (well really early morning about 3 am) before we were to leave (only a 3-day trip) - my mom's time had come. She had suffered through early on-set alzheimers and held on for over 20 years living with a terrible disease. So I talked to my family in Pittsburgh to try and figure everything out. They had already decided not to have the viewing until four days later because of a granddaughter who wanted to be there, but couldn't make it. So I decided - go on the Disney trip and not tell anyone but my DH. I wanted my son to celebrate his graduation - and Disney was perfect for it because my mom loved Disney too. After the trip, we drove directly to Pittsburgh instead of home. I still think it was the best decision. It helped us set the tone for celebrating my mom and her life -- just what she would have wanted!
You are not a bad person at all. You are watching him suffer and that is hard for anyone to do. I did it with my grandmother, father and mother. I remember thinking the same thing for each of them and how awful it was for me to want this for the people i loved but the i realized how much they were suffering and how they were so much better off.
As for your trip play it by ear and plan to go. If anything happens your gut will tell you what you should do. You have trip insurance so you are safe there. I am sure he would want you to go and enjoy yourself and if you feel you are up to it you should do it in memory and honor of him.
My dad and I had planned a family trip to disney world together so that he could be with his granddaughter but he never made the trip. We went anyway and I took a picture of him with me and kept it in my pocket for the entire trip. This way he was with me for everything we did on that trip.
Since then we always take "papa" on our trip with us. Its a great way for my kids to talk about him, remember him and share thier trip with him even though he physically isnt really there.
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