The post I never wanted to have to write
Sadly today I'm heartbroken, as is my entire family, we lost Mom yesterday at 1:55 pm she was after 95 years at the end of her time on this Earth and there was nothing to be done except what she did so gracefully and that was to pass into whatever life comes after this one. She was kind and gentle and she loved the outdoors and the Earth's creatures and her family. We will miss her and mourn her till the day we join her. I wanted just one more....of everything we shared...
She passed peacefully with us by her side. Our family has gone from 6 to 4 in just 2 years, so we are due some days of Peace and Serenity.
I am not a religious person as you have guessed...I do believe in the life spirit I have seen it as we all have and I can only hold onto hope that Mom's in now with her mother who she has been embraced with in spirit for a couple of years now. I dream she is sitting on the old home place porch with her Mom Dee, and her Grandma Dovie, or her cousin Hestle down by the spring she loved so much from her childhood.
Life will never be as it was for me...
Thank you's to those of you who wished her well in my last post I did tell her of your wishes and she held a little smile for a moment at that news. I will put up a link to her online Obituary once it's released I welcome all of you to join us in wishing her happy trails on that unknown journey to eternity.
PEACE
Every day is a new Adventure.
Hello, Sondra! I am so sorry for your loss. I wish your Mom happy trails and that she is resting in peace. May your memories bring you comfort. Sending prayers for you and your family.
ReplyDeleteThank you Eileen it has been a really hard week for us, but now most of the hard parts are behind us.
DeleteMay her memory be a blessing.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much David, and you are right the day before she passed I was flooded with hundreds of memories almost at once, it was a life times worth.
DeleteSondra, I'm so very sorry to read this. My heart felt blessings to you and your family. May your Mom be on a wonderful journey through her past with those who went before her. You and your family can share the wonderful memories you have of her.
ReplyDeleteSuch kind words, Jo, thank you so much and that is how I feel she has been with those of hers that she adored in spirit for a couple years now...and the Hospice people gave us a great pamphlet that actually helped us to realize Mom knew long before the ride to the hospital that she was on the way.
DeleteSondra i'm so sorry to hear of the loss for you and your family, sending love to you all x
ReplyDeleteThank you Pam, we were so lucky to have her bright and with us for so mannnny years.
DeleteVery sorry to hear this Sondra, its very hard, but you have wonderful memories I'm sure. Take care.
ReplyDeleteHi Dave, thank you kindly...I know I will be in reminiscent mode for a while...and I know there be some trigger every single day to make me think of her and something she said or something we did together. She was famous for one liner comments that seemed to fit the circumstances so perfectly...so my line for her is...She lived right up to the end! Just 5 days before she died she was out walking with my sisters help admiring her fall garden flowers!
DeleteI'm so sorry to hear about your mom, Sondra. Much love to you and your family. I'm grateful you shared so much of her with us here on your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank You Jen, my Mom was in so many ways my BFF since we were so close and it has always been that way I sort of took over as her protector and advisory when my father passed away, and she was always willing to go along with me no matter where I was going.
DeleteOh Sondra. We are so heartbroken for you. Neither of us have yet experienced that loss and we cannot even begin to imagine it. We wish that rich love of nature she gifted you offers sanctuary. Hugs our friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennifer, the emotion is still raw and we are trying to do all the legal yada yada, it's sort of mind numbing.
DeleteI'm so sorry to read about your Mom's passing, may she rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteMy condolences.
All the best Jan
Thank you Jan, we miss her so much and I still can't believe she is not here. We were lucky to have our mom with us this long.
DeleteThoughts of you are close to my heart, Sondra, dear.
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen, I just emailed you...I didn't see this prior to that. Sorry to hear about your recent loss too.
DeleteOh my dear Sondra, I am so very sorry. I feel like I knew your mom...your words and pictures brought her alive over the years that we’ve been blog friends. For what it’s worth, I feel just as you do about the spirit and afterlife. I can imagine her on that porch! I’m so sorry to be so late visiting at a time like this has been for you, but also know that it is never too late, because she will never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteOh my dear Sondra, I am so very sorry. I feel like I knew your mom...your words and pictures brought her alive over the years that we’ve been blog friends. For what it’s worth, I feel just as you do about the spirit and afterlife. I can imagine her on that porch! I’m so sorry to be so late visiting at a time like this has been for you, but also know that it is never too late, because she will never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sallie. I have begun to talk to my mom just like she is in the room, Im not ready to stop sharing my thoughts with her and like you say I don't know what comes after this but I hope there is some connection we share with those who we loved so much.
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