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Thursday 19 May 2005

02:08

It's early in the morning; I'm at the computer, not sleeping. An instant message conversation begins with a missive from Uncle Daniel:

Michael, good night: I just got a call from Omi Marga that Karin is feeling very, very bad....Omi is asking ME if she shall travel to NJ to assist...what do you think about that and what are YOU planning to do???

I'm heading to NJ on Friday morning, about 30 hours from now. Felicia will be there a few hours later. I don't think Marga would be of much *help*... and I just don't know enough about whether it would be good for Omi or Karin. I'm new at this.

OK, I will let her know not to come. Also Therese doesn't think that it will help anyone...

I talked to Mom & Emil about five hours ago. Mom was emotionally shutting down. Doesn't want to talk to her friends, etc. I'm not even sure if she wanted me there. She seemed pretty used up.

Please be strong enough to handle that... speak to you later.

Let's see here. It's 02:15 in San Francisco, 05:15 in New Jersey. Too early for a normal phone call from Omi Marga, but if Mom's having a hard time sleeping she could have called Germany. I wonder how fresh this news is. I better get some sleep myself.

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