03 June 2009
Thanks to those who kept us in your thoughts for the last few days. Today, at about 11:20 in the morning my mother died. I was not there but I saw her earlier in the morning. She was closer to sleep than coma, her breathing was rattling, and she was not responsive. Her condition has been hard to see, and so death comes with a good measure of relief.
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Suzanne, I am sorry to hear about your mother's passing. Like you said, death does bring relief!
Thinking of you,
Jen
i am sorry suzanne...we have been thinking of you...and will continue to lift you and your family up...
norie
Here's a poem that might help you. I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my mom 10 years ago.
Dying
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says: “There, she is gone!”
”Gone where?”
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: “There, she is gone!” there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: ‘Here she comes!”
And that is dying.
Henry Van Dyke
Best,
Snick :)
I am so sorry for your loss...will be praying for all of you.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
May her journey be soft and peaceful.
May you find comfort in the time you have shared together.
I am sorry for your loss.
May your happy memories come often and bless you.
Lifting you up during this difficult time.
Big hugs to all of you.
You have a soft place to fall here in OH as you make your way home. Let me know.
Love, Traci
Hey Suz,
I'm sending thoughts of peace and hope to you. sherri
I am so sorry for the loss of your mother. I lost my mom about 3 yrs. ago and miss her everyday. You just never get too big to need your mother. Thinking of you.
Cindi
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