Throwing in the towel

My Mom sent me an email a few days ago, it was basically an email telling me that she likes the blog and telling me how proud of me she is, at one point she made a statement that baffeled me:"A lot of people would have given up by now." And I immediately thought, "but why? Do these people want to miss everything? zDo they want to sit on the couch alone for the rest of their lives? " It never occured to me that I could choose to not try to get better. Today we spoke on the phone and she kind of cleared up the state ment by saying that some people choose to give up on themselves and by doing so they choose to live their lives as invalids, but I have choosen not to live that way, my daughter deserves more from me than a sick, sad, bitter and angry woman, so I'm glad this is the path I have vchoosen and I'm going to keep fighting the good fight for that little girl!