My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
There’s a lot of love and support that radiates from all the posts; no surprise there.
Embrace 'em, we’re here if needed.
Frank M.
Wow, thanks, everybody. - Jill
Perhaps her last great gift to you was completion. Not closure, but completion- she lingered as she left her body. She wanted you to bear witness to her in a pure state… bereft of the body that failed her.
She’s given you gifts that you glory in, and delight in bringing to your daughter. She’ll never be gone. Like any loved one whose power supercedes their physical presence, your mother imbued you with powers that will outlast you, Jill.
I’m not sorry, not in the traditional sense. Your loss connects me with mine, and each of us with ours. We re-visit our mourning in sharing your grief, and in turn bring to you our shared sadness. It was so clearly her time. You do this immense community a great honor by sharing your feelings and her last moments with us.
If we are all connected, then you are immersed in caring, deep thoughts and heartfelt emotions that flow from the four corners of our planet.
Take succor from this.
Cartooniverse
(((Jill)))
I am so sorry for your loss, but I must thank you for sharing this story. It moved me so deeply.
You and your family will be in my thoughts.
Lovve, Cristi
Jill, you SO did the right thing. My mother died of cancer the week before Christmas and I had the hardest time staying with her that last week; I wanted to run out of the hospital and come back when they told me it was all over. A great friend of mine from back in college gave me the wisest counsel: “The last thing you want your mother to feel now is alone”.
Yours was an act of great love and devotion and your tears will be blessings.
My heart and my thoughts go out to you. It was nice to read that you got to spend that time with your mother and share a laugh.
God speed.
Offering condolences from my family to yours.
Jill,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family tonight. I am so sorry for your loss.
This August, I will be participating in a 3 day bike ride for the American Lung Association (similar to AIDS RIDE). Each rider has a name flag, and I would be honored to dedicate my flag to someone such as your mother. If you would like, please email me with your mother’s name. It seems that this is the least I could do for you in such a difficult time.
Sincerly
Shay
Dear JillGat-
My heart aches with yours as you learn to deal with the loss of your obviously wonderful and well-loved mother.
She will never leave you…you hold her in your heart, as she has held you in hers all of your life.
I will hold you and your family in my prayers.
Scotti
I am so sorry for your loss.
I am so happy that you are celebrating your mother’s life. What a special lady. And from reading your posts she was a good mother who passed on her great character to you. Your tribute to her in the OP was beautiful.
You will be in my thoughts and prayers during your time of sorrow.
deb
The beginning of life is celebrated with joy. Living your life in love and celebration is the affirmation of the joy life can be. Passing on that love to your children makes the whole world more joyful because you have lived. Such a life can be celebrated, even as it ends. You are your mother’s gift to the earth, Jill, and we are her beneficiaries. May the Lord bless you both, and greet you with His love.
Tris
Jill, my deepest sympathy to you and your family.
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I’m very sorry, Jill. You and your family have my sympathy.
My brother in Singapore and I are trading “mom” stories via email. We have different memories/stories, so it’s rich!
The condition my mom died from was “Progressive Supranuclear Palsy” - the same condition Dudley Moore has. It is a slow, degenerative disease and quite heartbreaking to watch and experience.
I really appreciate all your support. If any of you would like to donate money in my mother’s name to the Society for Supranuclear Palsy, it would be much appreciated. This is not meant to be a strong-arm solicitation, and I give full permission to moderators to remove this post if it is perceived as such.
Send:
a check (or visa/mc card number/exp. date and your signature)
your name and address
In Memory of: Janette Rein
to: the Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Inc.
Woodholme Medical Building, Suite 515
1838 Greene Tree Road
Baltimore, MD, 21208
If you don’t feel like doing that, plant some tomatoes in my mom’s name.
Or just enjoy the day and find something to laugh at! She always did!
Thanks. Love, Jill
I’m sorry for your loss, Jill. hugs
I was running through the boards just before bed and I had to stop and read this. I think it’s very beautiful that you were able to be with your mother through her last moments and say goodbye. It sounds like you had a wonderful mom. My condolences. -Micheal
My thoughts are with you and your family-when the first tomato ripens in our yard this summer, I will think of your mom.
There’s only two things that money can’t buy and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes. (Steve Goodman, I think)
I’m sorry for you loss. My thougts are with you.
[[And she lives on through me.]]
Those who touch us live on through us.
I promise I’ll enjoy the day and find something to laugh at in her honor later. Now, I’ve got to go splash some water on my face. I’ve, umm, got something in my eye.
Yours,
DrMatrix
I am very sorry for the lose of your mom. I can’t image the day when I will lose one of my parents without a feeling of total panic. I pray that when the time comes, I have your strength.
Jill, in this time of loss…I truly admire your ability to look backward and forward at the same time.
Thanks for sharing just a bit of your mother with us, wish we all could have known her as you did 