Betty Gonzales' book starts out with a total misrepresentation of the facts.Here is what she says happened "I received a call from my mother who lived out of state, to "come and get me now".Hearing the urgency in her voice I drove to California the very next day.She was waiting on the porch, wearing a flowered duster,looking a little disheveled holding her purse in one hand and a plastic bag of `clothes'with the other."If Betty is willing to lie about this situation, how many more recounts of what happened could be fictitious?I am not sure.But as someone who actually knows the facts, my grandma was well cared for and loved by many in California, and to suggest otherwise is a complete falsehood.The situation Betty recounts is not at all how it happened.In fact, anyone who knows what happened would be appalled at this mischaracterization.I have no desire to recount the true story, it's too long and complicated, but suffice to say, I feel so strongly about this, I am not worried about liable, because what I am saying is the actual truth.My grandma was well cared for in countless ways.I hope Betty Gonzales, puts out a new edition of this book, which would possibly include what really happened, and how she really treated so many of grandma's loved ones.
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In the Year 1918 the average price of a home was under five thousand dollars.A new car could be purchased for less then four hundred dollars; a loaf of bread for ten cents and a postage stamp for three cents.World War I was coming to an end and the first woman of a major party ran (unsuccessfully) for a Senate seat but most importantly this was the year my mother was born!Her journey extended for almost eight-eight years.Her last six years became the most profound, soul-searching and inspiring years of my life.Her courage, faith and sense of humor brought us, mother and daughter, full circle.Her disease could not conceal her undying faith and strengthened mine beyond my expectations.This disease that I thought would swallow me up, with its many mysterious twists and turns surprisingly did not.It renewed my spirit.It enabled me to value life; each breath to its fullest extent.Astonishingly, it also brought many years of laughter and joy.As her caregiver I was to embark on my own journey; of the most unimaginable lessons I had yet to learn and we became soul-mates.
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