Lost my mom today. Oct 30

chilipeppermaniac

chilipeppermaniac

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Still processing the whole picture of the phone call I received moments after arriving in the parking lot of the nursing home my mom spent the last 15 months in. My sister had a gut sense of something being "off" with Mom starting Friday afternoon. I arrived at about 2:25 and tried to chill for a few minutes of a power nap in the front seat of my truck, when the phone rang from the man in charge to ask where I was. When I told him I was in their parking lot, he said he would meet me in the lobby.

At this point, I knew.

I knew this was going to be a surprise of the bad news. He told me that Mom passed at around 2:15 pm.

Around 3:45 my sister arrived and then began our 5 hour send off to our sweet mommy. I am now doing my best to battle back any stupid tears. I have to be strong in order to now process all the details of funerals, travel, family time and all the legal etc ramifications.

I sure am proud of my brave and most loving mom any kids could have ever had.

Love you Ma.
 
My condolences Chili.

I have no words, I pray you find comfort from your grief.

If there's anything I can do, please do not hesitate to call upon me.

In time the grief will lessen, but it will always be a great loss.

Get some sleep, eat well and take care of you. And know there is a lot of people here that have your back. Big - huge shoulders in this community.

Love ya brotha.
 
Thanks you all. I was truly blessed and despite her last year being diminished by the stroke which took her right side and speech, I will always remember her adapting almost instantly to becoming a lefty. First, ripping feeding tubes out, then refusing to be fed by us, wanting to use her left hand to feed herself. Then still able to sing. All in the first week post stroke. By the time her last year passed, she laughed at jokes,. Showed ability to understand and react empathy at the news of aches and pains and deaths of others. She learned to brush her own teeth and swoosh n spit. I sure am proud of all she did to keep trying and to be the best reflection of the mom we knew over her first 82 years before the stroke. So glad we didn't have to see her mind totally gone from Alzheimer's or anything.
 
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