Tag: Mom
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Hair Cuts
Mom has been gone for over a year now…still hard to believe she is gone. Still every time I get a hair cut and walk into the house or visit her grave, I half expect to her in a disappointed tone, “You’ve cut your hair again.” That was our normal greeting every single time I…
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Tomorrow Will Be One Month
It has been a month since Mom’s funeral. It is kind of hard to believe it has been that long already. I know it will take time. I don’t know how I did it, but I got back to work the following week. Tried to keep myself busy. Tried to be there for Dad and…
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Mom’s Funeral Service
We got to the church early, but Mom’s oldest sister had already beat us there. I asked the service director to take photos of the flowers but could not bring myself to take them or to have him take any of Mom. (I know this is odd coming from someone, whose family, Dad’s side, does…
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Tonights the Family Viewing
I woke up feeling worse and with white spots in the back of my throat so I called the doctor and made an appointment, even though my preferred physician was not available. They did a culture and I was told I did not have strep throat. Good not contagious. But I did have to go…
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Funeral Planning
We met with the funeral home today, Labs Funeral Home. The folks who are running the funeral home go to our church and know mom and dad well. This was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do only hours after watching my mother die. I am glad we were there for…
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Mom Passed Away Today
Like the night before I fell asleep on the sofa, but I had a little help from the vicodin I took to ward off the headache I had for the past two days of crying. Although, just like the night before I got very little sleep. I awakened with a sore throat and joked at…
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Mom in Hospital Day 2
Dad and I went in to see Mom and the infectious doctor (I know that sounds like the doctor is infectious, she was a doctor of infectious diseases) came in and told us she had bacteria in her blood (pneumococcus) and the treatment would be the antibiotics she was on even if was meningitis so…
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Mom Rushed to Emergency Room
Today (26th) is when it all goes horribly, horribly wrong. I got up after sleeping in to go run a few errands and then off for another leg ultrasound to see how or if my veins working. Before I head out I got a call from Pastor Charles telling me that Dad had Mom at…
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Christmas Day with Mom
Christmas day we had a feast waiting for us prepared by Mom and Dad. We had both ham and turkey with stuffing and all the fixings. As usual everything was delicious. My mom knows how to cook (and how to tell my dad what to do to make her delicious meals — he has been…
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Christmas Eve with Mom
We had a good Christmas together. Christmas eve the Haas side (Mom’s side) of the family (my Dad’s family are almost all in Virginia) get together for dinner and gift exchange. We have done this for as long as I can remember. We had a great time seeing all the aunts, uncles and cousins (there…