Life lessons. That seems to be a bit of a running theme throughout my blogs. Today’s blog is really a life lesson: Having everything may not make you happy.
Marty made everyone’s life around her miserable. Their two daughters were given everything. As her children grew, they refused to shop anymore as they had gone shopping everyday of their youth. So, Marty bought all of their clothes for them. They refused to wear any of the coveted jewelry she had inherited or bought with them in mind. As adults, they had to phone her every night before they went to bed. Control.
The oldest, Patty, was in love with a man who did not meet the standards set forth by her mother. They couldn’t marry.
The younger one, Linda, is living an alternative lifestyle. She is currently on the Board of a major eastern university, owns a tremendous amount of real estate and is an attorney who represents abused children. She always donates all of her fees to abused children organizations.
She hated her mother. They fought constantly.
Patty was a very sweet, tiny soft girl who always seemed to be on the brink of breaking. She did marry her boyfriend who was quite a bit older than she. He had the required social background but, alas, no money. No problem. Patty had lots of money from her grandparents so they married and had six children – five boys and one girl – and he never worked again. She married him shortly after her mother’s death. It was documented in a national society magazine.
Marty was found in one of the bedrooms of their home after having a stroke. She was immediately flown to the famous Mayo Clinic. She recovered enough to return home to many hours of rehab in the newly installed pool. Well, she didn’t recover fully. What was taken away from her was the ability to communicate. She could neither talk nor write. Her society friends made fun of her. She became a pariah.
Was this loss of the ability to communicate a chance to learn a life lesson? If so, she failed.
Less than a year after her first stroke, Marty was on a plane to Florida when she suffered another one. Back at Mayo, they performed a brain biopsy. She actually had a disease, which was later labeled Mad Cow Disease. Could she have eaten contaminated meat during one of their many world travels?
This second stroke left her in a full catatonic state: mouth agape as if screaming and wild eyed. She was placed in a very exclusive nursing facility where she had her hair done several times a week by a private stylist. Her nails were also attended to. She was given the best of care for a small fortune.
There she sat for five years.
Tomorrow: Part 2
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