Comments on: When Hearts Attack

By: beth

beth — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:10:56 +0000

allen, i just found your post last night while looking for lentil recipes (thank you search engines!) and have read probably 30 of your posts since then, even forwarding a few to friends. i love your style, love your ingredients, and have already planned 4 recipes to make today. sadly i just found this post and was also crying like many other readers of yours by the second paragraph. i wanted to thank you for your honest style of writing, thank you for your beautiful recipes, and i’m so glad to be your newest reader. i hope your mom continues to recover well, and i will continue to tell my loved ones how much i love them.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:20:19 +0000

Wow, thanks for the emotional post. I’m adding your family to my prayers.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:13:05 +0000

Allen,
So glad your mother is out of the hospital and doing well.

Count me as also in tears while reading this (and while typing this comment too, sniff). My husband just had stent number two put in last week – on the heels of stent #1 two weeks before. We discovered it when he had his first bout of angina that sent him to the ER.

After all of this, please remember to take care of yourself now as well, as heart trouble seems to run in your family.

Thank you for reminding us to tell people we love them.

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:23:50 +0000

THANK YOU to everyone for your thoughts and prayers!

My mother was in the hospital for 3 days and is now home. She is recovering well and back to her normal self. :-)

I truly appreciate everyone’s support during this stressful time.

By: Stacy Short

Stacy Short — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:46:59 +0000

Dear Allen,

I found my way to your site today, Mother’s Day, and my stomach lurched upon reading your headline. I’ll be thinking of you and your family today, and wishing you strength, and your mom, a quick recovery. Trips home are always fraught with emotion, but this one will likely be one you’ll always remember. I hope you find a few moments of peace in the spring, on the farm.

Sending you love and support.

Stacy

By: Wandering Chopsticks

Wandering Chopsticks — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:33:31 +0000

Oh Allen, I hope everything will be OK. My thoughts are with you and your family.

By: Carolyn Jung

Carolyn Jung — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:24:23 +0000

My thoughts are with you. When my late-Mom suffered a stroke a few years back, I, too, ended up dreading each and every unexpected phone call that came at odd hours. Just the ring would paralyze me with fear and dread. I think that’s the hardest thing about getting older — not the gray hairs, the crow’s feet, or the extra pounds we all end up getting — but watching the generation above us get more and more frail. I think that, beyond anything else, makes me feel older every day. My thoughts are with you, your Mom, and your family. May the recovery be speedy and the road ahead be nothing but bright.

By: samantha

samantha — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:17:50 +0000

Oh Dear – I can just wish you all the best and hope your Mom turns out just fine. If you read this remember both of you will be in my prayers. Eat well – don’t drink until you feel your old self again. The food posts can wait…take good care

By: CzeJohnson Carrie

CzeJohnson Carrie — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:41:02 +0000

My thoughts, love and prayers go to you as you spend this valuable time with your mother, Allen.

may this trip be healing on levels through and beyond the physical.

xxoo!

By: darya

darya — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:54:43 +0000

A very touching post, Allen. I lost my mother about 6 years ago in a car accident. You are so right about the need to express gratitude beyond just holidays. For us, it was just a few days after her birthday so we have happy memories to part with, but that was not guaranteed by any means.

I hope your mother recovers quickly and completely. Tell her happy mother’s day for me.