Janet Hamlin

Being with your children, in the moment, involved totally in their lives is
a very special thing indeed. Life is very precious. A message I try to
remind myself of daily.

My son was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and I'm on several lists
dealing with that. All the school issues that come up and I want to scream,
"Don't send them away! Spend time with your child! School isn't
everything!"

I am very sorry for your loss.

Janet, mom to Thomas, 4, and Caroline, 8

joanna514 <[email protected]>

--- In [email protected], "Janet Hamlin" <jefhdvm@w...>
wrote:
> Being with your children, in the moment, involved totally in their
lives is
> a very special thing indeed. Life is very precious. A message I
try to
> remind myself of daily.
>
> My son was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and I'm on several
lists
> dealing with that. All the school issues that come up and I want
to scream,
> "Don't send them away! Spend time with your child! School isn't
> everything!"
>
> I am very sorry for your loss.
>
> Janet, mom to Thomas, 4, and Caroline, 8

That's what I want to scream at people!
But I just quietly say how glad I am we had him home with us and
didn't waste any of his time. I'm so much more sensitive to it now.
I always felt it was sad people didn't want to be with their kids
like I do, but I accepted everyone having their limits. People try
to portray me as this great mom because I actually liked being with
my kids. I'm not a great mom. I'm a good mom, and my feelings
should be seen as absolutely normal, not the exception.
I can't even imagine how insane it must all seem to you Janet.
Joanna

Janet Hamlin

>>That's what I want to scream at people!
But I just quietly say how glad I am we had him home with us and
didn't waste any of his time. I'm so much more sensitive to it now.
I always felt it was sad people didn't want to be with their kids
like I do, but I accepted everyone having their limits. People try
to portray me as this great mom because I actually liked being with
my kids. I'm not a great mom. I'm a good mom, and my feelings
should be seen as absolutely normal, not the exception.
I can't even imagine how insane it must all seem to you Janet.<<

Thomas is 7 weeks away from finishing chemo (2 1/2 years worth, weekly dr
visits and much more). Recently he had his Make-A-Wish trip to Florida
(Disney World) and all Wish kids to Florida stay at a wonderful place called
Give Kids The World (www.gktw.org). Strange to say, but after seeing the
other kids there and their various life-threatening illnesses, we consider
ourselves very lucky that Thomas *only* has leukemia. I can't imagine what
you are going through. I am so sorry for your loss.

Janet