I remember when you lost your beautiful Catherine. We lost both our children the same year. And I also remember when your dear mother died overseas.
They say it's your loved one who makes the choice to pass when those of us keeping watch get distracted or leave the room. My 2 sisters & I moved in with our mother the last 5 days as she neared death & squeezed together in her little room at assisted living. My mother was transferred to a hospital bed; one sister slept on an air mattress, the other slept on Mom's twin bed, and I slept on my Dad's old lift chair. When I awoke in the minutes before Mom's death, my sisters had awakened earlier & were just outside her room sitting in a common area having coffee. I sat beside Mom who was in a coma, still breathing and I told her in my little chat that I loved her, she was a good mother, kissed her face and left the room to join my sisters. About 20 minutes later, my sister got up to check on Mom & came out saying she was gone! We were shocked. we so thought our Mom wanted us with her until the last moment, even though the hospice nurse was telling us it might be just the opposite. My mother never liked being alone or left out of anything, but in death she didn't want us in that room. I thought later she was probably "eager" for me to just stop talking & leave so she could pass. But it brought me some joy as her firstborn to know I was the last one of her 7 children to sit with her one on one while she was still on earth. Then to my awe, she visited me 7 weeks later in my bedroom and I was able to see her as clear as day. She floated along my bedside from the foot of the bed to the headboard and vanished when I got up on my elbow and called out to her. It's a moment I'll never forget.
That's a wonderful, timely gift of winning an expensive Apple Pie from your loved ones in spirit. I can imagine your delight and the connection of it all when you opened the email & got the good news. It must have felt as though your heart had wings.
Wishing you & your husband the best, Vera, and hope everything is good with your family, stepchildren & grandchildren
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