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My mom passed away yesterday afternoon.
It has been both a very trying and yet magical few days. Everyone was able to spend some time with Mom and let her know how much we love her, and how much she means to us.
When I was little, my entire family consisted of Mom, Dad, and my two sisters, me and my uncle Jim. That was it, no grandpas no grandmas no cousins. {they were either passed on, or estranged} and when my mom had her kids, she was intent on making us one big happy family.
At the memory care facility {which is a pretty small home, so not many residents} we sort of took over for a few days, and they made room for us, and gave us space to grieve and laugh and eat and play and live. And at any hour of the day or night I could look around and see FAMILY, gathered, loving, uniting in our time of grief. I said to Mom that obviously she had done her job very, very well.
I came home yesterday and slept for several hours, went to bed last night and woke up this morning to realize that my alarm had been going off for a solid TWO HOURS.
Thank you so much for your good thoughts, it really really does help. At one point my sister and I were reading our facebook messages, and she said that so many times in the past she has posted a short message of love and caring and didn't really know if it could do any good at a time like that. But reading those, she realized that they really do matter and you really can feel the love and caring.
It has been both a very trying and yet magical few days. Everyone was able to spend some time with Mom and let her know how much we love her, and how much she means to us.
When I was little, my entire family consisted of Mom, Dad, and my two sisters, me and my uncle Jim. That was it, no grandpas no grandmas no cousins. {they were either passed on, or estranged} and when my mom had her kids, she was intent on making us one big happy family.
At the memory care facility {which is a pretty small home, so not many residents} we sort of took over for a few days, and they made room for us, and gave us space to grieve and laugh and eat and play and live. And at any hour of the day or night I could look around and see FAMILY, gathered, loving, uniting in our time of grief. I said to Mom that obviously she had done her job very, very well.
I came home yesterday and slept for several hours, went to bed last night and woke up this morning to realize that my alarm had been going off for a solid TWO HOURS.
Thank you so much for your good thoughts, it really really does help. At one point my sister and I were reading our facebook messages, and she said that so many times in the past she has posted a short message of love and caring and didn't really know if it could do any good at a time like that. But reading those, she realized that they really do matter and you really can feel the love and caring.