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I lost my Mother today. I got the call at 5:20 this morning.
She had been in a bad way for about the last year or so and a few weeks ago her system started shutting down.
No matter how much you know it's coming, no matter how much you think you're prepared for the inevitable, nothing can really prepare you for the pain of part of your heart being ripped out and the void it leaves in it's place.
My mother was a wonderful, loving person although one of the strongest, "speak your mind" kind of people at the same time. She raised two children mostly on her own while working her way up the executive ladder in the 60's and 70's. She worked mainly in the restaurant and service industries. She was the controller for some of the finer restaurants in Los Angeles and also controller of Hillcrest Country Club.
She joined an organization called the National Association of Accountants and, as in business, worked her way up to National Vice President.
She spent her last years in a nursing home and soon after going there she became the President of the Resident's Council. She helped other residents with any problems they had as well as planning parties four times a year (which no one had ever done before).
I take solace in the fact that she is no longer suffering and that she had family by her side for so much of her last weeks.
I really don't know what else to say other than, I always have, and always will love you Mom, like no one else, and I miss you more than I ever thought possible.
She had been in a bad way for about the last year or so and a few weeks ago her system started shutting down.
No matter how much you know it's coming, no matter how much you think you're prepared for the inevitable, nothing can really prepare you for the pain of part of your heart being ripped out and the void it leaves in it's place.
My mother was a wonderful, loving person although one of the strongest, "speak your mind" kind of people at the same time. She raised two children mostly on her own while working her way up the executive ladder in the 60's and 70's. She worked mainly in the restaurant and service industries. She was the controller for some of the finer restaurants in Los Angeles and also controller of Hillcrest Country Club.
She joined an organization called the National Association of Accountants and, as in business, worked her way up to National Vice President.
She spent her last years in a nursing home and soon after going there she became the President of the Resident's Council. She helped other residents with any problems they had as well as planning parties four times a year (which no one had ever done before).
I take solace in the fact that she is no longer suffering and that she had family by her side for so much of her last weeks.
I really don't know what else to say other than, I always have, and always will love you Mom, like no one else, and I miss you more than I ever thought possible.