Goodbye Mom
My mother died peacefully on Saturday the 13th after a week of mostly sleeping,and she had been lovingly cared for by Nancy,Jay, Beth and I that whole time. I had fallen asleep in the spare room at about 1:30 am and when I awoke at 6:45 she was gone. Her humor and good nature had stayed intact until the end despite growing weaker, and earlier that day she had said that "it won't be long now" as she felt the end coming. Since then I have passed through many emotions, from sadness to feeling privileged to have known her and even relief because my faith is such that I know she is free and in a joyful place. She had a wonderful life and a wonderful death so what more can any of us ask for? The hole that her passing has left will slowly be filled with life again, and she would be the first to wish everyone not to mourn, for her sweet selfless spirit always had a kind word for those in need. She had wanted to be cremated, and after an informal memorial in the house, we sprinkled her ashes off the rocks at her beloved Kennybunkport beach in Maine, there to join those of her husband of 45 years-our father Robert-who died in 1993.
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Sad. This is the first I've seen of this. I know she's happy but it's sad to see someone going out in a ziplock baggie. Sure do miss her. Just found the non-Christmas card she sent me last June.
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