Comments | patsmor: It's over.

patsmor

It's over.

Apr 23, 2007 03:51

Jen just called. Cindy died about half an hour after midnight our time, about 8:30a their time. Robert didn't make it back from Leeds in time, altho he had seen her the night before, then drove home. Cindy will never have seen anything but pictures of Jack. I haven't slept since Cathie called ( Read more... )

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slightlymadmom April 23 2007, 11:09:44 UTC

So sorry to hear it. Wishing thoughts of comfort to you, and virtual hugs.

patsmor April 23 2007, 21:24:29 UTC

;-). Hugs & comfort are good. And not just for me, but also for the folks in England, kids who last their mom and grandmom, and Doug, who lost his partner of 40 years...

msmemory April 23 2007, 11:51:25 UTC

I'm so sorry to hear it.

patsmor April 23 2007, 21:12:55 UTC

I was actually thinking of you last night, and thinking of how hard it is to lose someone in the spring, as the year starts to grow...

msmemory April 24 2007, 12:37:30 UTC

Thanks. Saturday was the first anniversary of Mother's passing. I will probably always think of her when I see the forsythia bursting out.

patsmor April 26 2007, 00:51:40 UTC

Dogwoods, for me, because my mom loved them so much. Forsythia is something I want to find a place to plant on my property; they are so energetic. Take care.

So sad! starshineway April 23 2007, 12:27:15 UTC

Especially after the hope from the apparent improvement. All you can do now is to try to remember her at her best. Hugs!

Re: So sad! patsmor April 23 2007, 20:22:32 UTC

We have wonderful memories of her, as you can see from my sister's entry down below. I'm wondering if her friends in England are starting a memory book...? I'll call one of them tomorrow or so.

cellio April 23 2007, 12:54:45 UTC

Aw, damn. And after that glimmer of hope. I'm so sorry.

patsmor April 23 2007, 19:33:55 UTC

Hugs back. That's the way it happened with my Mom, too. (Only about 5 years earlier in my life than Cindy's kids, actually.) Mom was awake and laughing and prepped to go home in a day or so, and then she threw a blood clot. Afterward, they found that her cancer had spread to the spine and brain, so it was better.

Cathie said today that she realized how hard it must be to over here... which I thought was so thoughtful of her...

elizabear April 23 2007, 13:12:02 UTC

I'm so deeply sorry.

patsmor April 23 2007, 21:28:52 UTC

Thank you... My cats have been hanging around D & I all day, and last night when I was waiting they kept clustering around my feet.