[Vnbiz] [vnbiz]: Brother Hoanh's Mom

Mon May 7 09:52:31 PDT 2007

Dear anh Hoanh,
I don't think I've met your Mom in person.
Is she at home or in the hospital now?
Would you and your family welcome a visit?
Never underestimate to power of prayers, especially collective prayers.
Sometimes, it's the only thing left to do.
I was personally reminded of this last week, when I fell off a ladder on 
May 1st working around the house.
During the first ten minutes or so after the fall, when I was flat on my 
back, in pain, couldn't move and not certain what shape I was in, I 
prayed.
I am happy to report that while the injuries will keep me from heavy 
lifting for 6 weeks while the compression fractures in my L1 lumbar heals, 
my sore muscles are recovering well and I am up and moving almost 
normally.  It could have been much worse.
It's been a wake up call that we are not getting any younger, nor more 
flexible physically.
Best,  HPP

"Tran Dinh Hoanh" <tdhoanh at gmail.com> 
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Dear CACC,

Thank you for your generous email about my mom.  Your messages give me 
warmth and courage.  As you can imagine, dealing with stroke is not easy. 
According to the doctors, my mom got a "massive stroke."  She is a fighter 
and she is fighting her biggest battle.  I cannot do much other than 
praying and be by her side to give her some encouragement.  She is not 
very conscious but I believe that she can feel my presence. 

This is the woman who forms my characters.  She is a very average woman. 
She did not even finish fifth grade (She was not allowed to go school 
because she was a girl and "girls did not need school," but she learned 
from school from outside the window).  She was a country girl and was 
urbanized from moving around the country with a military husband.  My dad, 
by the time he retired, was a lieutenant.  It meant, he couldn't support 
the family at all.  My mom very much single-handedly raised nine children. 
 She just did whatever she could to make money to feed us.  She did not 
understand anything sophisticated in life, like politics, or elite music 
(like Trinh Cong Son or Le Uyen Phuong), or gender equality.  She just 
went out trying whatever she could to raise us kids during the war time. 

But from her, I have learned to respect women, to respect the country 
folks, to respect the folks with no formal education but active in life, 
to understand the wisdom of fighting your way through life whatever 
difficulties you face. The biggest thing I have learned from my mom is 
that you can be so average but still be great. 

Anyway, now that she is in her fiercest battle, I can't do much other than 
praying and standing beside her and watch her fight.  From her body 
movements to the facial expressions, I can see that she is fighting with 
all her might.  And that moves me greatly.  I have always admired her 
fighting spirit.  I said quietly, "After all, you are my mom." 

Thank you, brothers and sisters, for your support and prayers.  May God 
bless us all.  I will keep you informed.

Have a great day!

Hoanh

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On 5/6/07, Dao Xuan Lam - Branch Manager (G-mail) <daoxuanlam at gmail.com> 
wrote: 
Dear anh Hoanh and chi Phuong,

We are very sorry to hear that your mother has been hit by a stroke and 
still has been hospitalised.

We all sincerely wish her soonest to over come the bad situation and 
condition and shortly be recovered.

Please could you pass our very best regards onto her.

Let' s keep the fingers crossed.

Bye for now.

Dao Xuan Lam

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From: Mercedes Benz 
To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net 
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Vnbiz] [vnbiz]: Brother Hoanh's Mom

[ Vietnam Business Forum ]

Dear a. Hoanh, 

Please do not worry so much since she is getting better each day! Please 
believe that!

My best regards,

Nam.

On 5/4/07, ToanDucPham at GMail.com < toanducpham at gmail.com> wrote: 
[ Vietnam Business Forum ]

Dear Anh Hoanh,
Do hope she will get well soon.  My warmest regards, please.
Em Toan.

On 5/4/07, Tran Dinh Hoanh <tdhoanh at gmail.com> wrote:
> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> From: Tran Dinh Hoanh < tdhoanh at gmail.com>
> Date: May 4, 2007 8:45 AM 
> Subject: My Schedule 
> To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net
> Dear CACC,
> My mom has recently been hit by a stroke.  She is still in the hospital. 
  Phuong and I need to spend time with her often.  So we are overloaded. 
That means, I may be a little slow.  So if you wonder why I have not 
responded to your message, you know why.  Sorry for any in convenience 
this may generate. 
> Have a good day,
> Hoanh
> Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
> Washington DC

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Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
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