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By odd serendipity, this is the 2,900th post on this blog. This time, rather than review odd this-and-that trivia for the last 100 posts, this post is to share some expected yet still sad news…
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\n…we received “that call” at 4am this morning, by the caregiver-on-duty that she couldn’t find a pulse and Mom wasn’t breathing. Hospice was on the way. My husband’s mother had passed away gently in her sleep. <\/p>\n
As my husband arranged, she was under at-home hospice care, and with pre-arranged in-home caregiving supervision, his mother always had someone with her so she would not die alone.<\/p>\n
The last several months were topsy-turvy with the in-home care arrangements. This is not an easy thing to arrange. But with calm determination, my husband rose to the occasion and worked everything out. He is comforted to know that he fulfilled his promise to his mother that she would be able to remain in her home for the rest of her life and not have to go to a nursing home or hospital.<\/p>\n
Most all arrangements for a funeral, including Mass of Christian Burial, have been made. My husband is the ever-vigilant planner and had everything worked out. My job is to support him as he completes final arrangements.<\/p>\n
We are sad that she died, but also relieved that she is no longer suffering. <\/p>\n
Life is short: show those you love — both alive and passed before us — through your actions how you love them.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MomStPeters2003blog.jpg?resize=584%2C408\")
(Image above taken 16 years ago today when my husband and I took his mother on a three-week tour of Europe. In this photo, she climbed to the top of St. Peter’s Basilica to see a spectacular view of Vatican City and Rome beyond.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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