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To: familyop
My mom died at 96 and was in excellent health until the very end. Many years previously she had mentioned she had coffee and an organ recital with some of her old friends.

“An organ recital at church?”

“Oh no. Just at the house. Emma's heart, Shirley's kidneys....”

It was neat though, she would still get together with life-long friends every few months or so. Some from grade-school. She outlived them all.

As she was on hospice in her home we would talk for hours and her mind was still great - going over the photo albums and pointing out all the people and the details. I recalled a joke - “Yeah mom - when you finally get to heaven I bet all the gals will be surprised to see you again after all of these years. They probably figured you ended up in the other place!” She was a strong Christian - but she still got a good laugh out of it though.

52 posted on 09/22/2017 10:37:30 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: 21twelve

That’s a wonderful account. Thank you!

Maybe the idealism of many of our forebears was a better way. Maybe goodness can be catching, when we pass it on.


56 posted on 09/22/2017 6:56:14 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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