Mao Asada's Mother Condolences Thread
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Tear falls.....Cirrhosis of the liver is one of the many reasons I have been an organ donor all my life....when I die, strip out all the usable parts to help a few good people and their families....here's hoping for strength for the family and always remember, Mao, YOU WILL GET OVER THIS and honor your family with your beautiful performances.....
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Thank you for the translation. It's comforting even to me, a stranger, that Mrs. Asada's face looked peaceful and without pain at the end. Surely this will help the girls at least a little. I'm so glad Mai and Mao have each other and their father to lean on.
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This is the saddest news I have ever heard about in the figure skating community. My prayers go out to Mao.
No really I haven't heard news this bad in awhile. This is the worst news I have heard about the loss of a family member in the skating community .
Remember Jennifer Kirk Losing her Mom to breast cancer.
Remember Angela Nikodinov losing her mom in Portland just before nationals 2005 and Elena Tcherkaskaya from cancer in 2001.
This is such a tragedy.
No really I haven't heard news this bad in awhile. This is the worst news I have heard about the loss of a family member in the skating community .
Remember Jennifer Kirk Losing her Mom to breast cancer.
Remember Angela Nikodinov losing her mom in Portland just before nationals 2005 and Elena Tcherkaskaya from cancer in 2001.
This is such a tragedy.
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The film of honor www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMmaNMg4JwY
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That's her mother? I feel a little guilty for peeking in on clips of their life together, but the shape of her face and easy smile are so much like Mao's. She seems to have been a lovely lady.
Especially touching is when Mao says she was so happy to put her Olympic medal around her mother's neck.
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My thoughts & prayers go to the Asada family. My heart is just soo broken for them 
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Very sad news indeed. It's hard to lose your mom at any age.
According to this http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/winter/news/20111212-OYT1T00807.htm?from=popin, Mao will skate in nationals. Such a brave girl!
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Condolence to Mao, Mai and her family! Be strong MAO!
so glad to hear that we will see her again this soon, I couldn't imagine a season without her! through it didn't surprise me, skating is for Mao everything and maybe now it's eve more important since skating may be the only thing to distract her from grieving too much
My goodness, she is brave. I hope she can keep her concentration up. I understand the need to throw oneself into one's work. It's the only part of one's life that still seems understandable. Continuing on one's path brings some order into the chaos.
I hope the good wishes of her fans and her countrymen will help to sustain her as she skates.
Someone on Mao's forum translated some words of Mao, published by her agency. You can read them here: http://maoasada.logu2.com/t1075p270-mao-news-the-2011-2012-season
Thank you for the link, Mirunna. The part about how she checked emails as soon as she arrived at the airport only to hear from her dad that her mum 'couldn't hold on' made me cry again. And "every time I left Nagoya I said to myself this could be the last"... Oh my god, there was so much going on.
What a brave girl Mao is. Good luck to her at Nationals.
Too sad for words; can't even imagine what it's been like for her.
Thanks Mirunna for posting the link.
Tak on FSU also posted a translation of Mao's message (whole message?).
Dear persons who have rooted and supported me
Dear members of skating community
Dear members of the press
I would like to apologize for causing so much worries, and also for pulling out of a competition immediately prior to actual start of skating.
At first, when I received the news at Quebec, part of me wanted to return immediately, and another part of me was wondering "Is it alright to withdraw at such inopportune timing?" I was torn, but I soon realized that I made the right decision.
All during the flight back, many things passed through my mind. Mostly, I was praying, believing that my mother would be waiting for me.
However, when I arrived at Narita Airport in Tokyo, I received a mail from my father which said "Your mother could not pull through." I could not stop crying. Even then I held on to a slim hope and rushed back to the hospital in Nagoya. I called to my mother many times, "It's Mao, I'm back." However, my mother who was sleeping peacefully never opened her eyes.
I am proud of my mother who fought the disease for so long and so hard. There is also a part of me who is relieved that she is now beyond her suffering.
For past six month, her condition was such that every time I left Nagoya, I had to contend with the fact that this may be the last time to see her. I may be still in disbelief, but for some reason, now I sense that she is looking after me and close to me than ever before.
There is simply not enough words of gratitude that Mai and I could express to thank our mother for all her love which has been showered on us.
To honor her, I would like to keep a promise I made to her and to my family. I promised to strive the best I can to achieve my dream. I think this would satisfy her wishes. Therefore, I will continue to train intensely, just like before.
It would be highly appreciated if you would continue to cheer and support my endeavor.
Mao Asada
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