[RStar]

Hello everyone. I'm posting this here because I think it may be awkward to try to post it on FB where my mom can read it.

This is hard for me to put into words.

My mom was married at 14 and had me at 15. Because of her young age, I grew up feeling like we were from the same generation. We like a lot of the same stuff including music, TV & movies, and sci fi. As an adult we have become close friends.

She watched Walt build Disneyland on TV and her dad bought their first TV so his daughter wouldn't leave to go to a friends house every Sunday to watch it. Then in 1956, the second summer the park was open, her family drove down from San Fransisco to visit it. My first visit was when my mom and aunt took me in 1960 when I was one. Then we went once or twice a year growing up. She had moved to the Atlanta area for about 15 years but moved back about about 12 years ago. Since then we have been going to the park fairly often, doing Mouse adventure for a few years (where some of you may have met her), the 50th anniversary of the Mickey Mouse club gold mouse ears thing in front of the castle, and Mickey's Halloween Treat, and more. We always go on our birthdays.

She fell and broke her leg in November, then we found out in January that she has terminal cancer in all of her organs including the brain, lungs, and bones (which is how her femur broke so easily). She has just a few months at the most. She has been pretty week, but in fairly good spirits. She wants to try to go to the movies and to Disneyland a couple of times before she passes. I'm a little nervous trying to get her out of the house, but I'm well trained with my wife's health issues. I'm trying to do what I can to make the best of the time she has left.

This is going to be quite hard for me to handle, but I won't be alone. Thank you for a place to put it out there.