It sounds weird to say this, but I hope there are some warm and wonderful times for you this weekend. Both sad and happy as you remember your Mom.
Well funkle then...
It's not wierd at all, Corin! I know we'll have a great time remembering Mama when she was so gregarious! She could really light up a room!
I talked to my just younger sister, (the one at whose home I spent weekend before last for the Cousin Reunion) about an hour ago, and she said that they asked the Nursing Home what happened to Mama. The ladies said that they had been in her room chatting with her about 8:30. Turns out, she was back to her chatty self with the nurses and aides at the home. I guess since she didn't have a 'history' with them, she wasn't as self-conscious. But they loved her because she was always nice to them. Anyway, she has been on oxygen ever since she had her bout with pneumonia a few weeks ago, and the ladies could tell she was getting tired, so they said good night and turned the lights out. An hour later, when they came in her room to check on her, they realized she had died. She looked peaceful, they said, so she must have just gone to sleep and woken up in Heaven. They told my sisters they were really sad to lose her because they liked her. That made Joanne and Brenda feel really good to know that she was so cared for by the folks there.
We were just relieved to know that she hadn't suffered, and died the way we all would wish to go. So there will be rejoicing along with sadness, but that's the best way to be remembered. Now I gotta get to bed cause I have to leave in three hours!