When I was a child people gathered around the person leaving this world, and someone always opened the windows and doors of the room so that the soul could depart-I’ve participated in that ritual a couple of times as an adult, too. I do not know if you are familiar with the custom/ritual, your mother’s remark reminded me of that...
Thank you for yor prayers and thoughts. She likes the windows open, and the doors to her apartment. It’s odd because she lived for years behind closed curtains and locked windows. Now that she is in assisted living (and somebody else is paying for the AC) she wants everything open. The nice thing is that her apartment is upstairs and has a little balcony (on which she has never set foot, despite the chairs I bought for her and a friend to sit out there.)
In any case, several doves are engaged in building nests in the rafters above her balcony, so there is a lot of activity out there. I think she’s watching and listening and seems to enjoy it. At least she seems aware of it, even though I don’t ever see her look that direction.