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I was able to visit my mom in the hospital in full cap and gown so that my mom could see me and we got some pictures together. And then she got to see me cross the stage on the broadband broadcast of my graduation.
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Then afterwards I went back to the hospital so that she could see my degree, because she rightly deserves just as much credit for it as I do. I needed her to see it and so that I could tell her that it simply would not have been possible without her.
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A little bit of happy amid the sad. How awesome that she got to see you in your regalia, degree in hand, and you could tell her about her part in it. Good on both of you.
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Fortunately I have three weeks before I start my job
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You might want to advise your new employer if she’s likely to last until near then: the last thing they’ll want is for a new employee to suddenly disappear a few days in.
She was there at the hour of your birth so it seems fitting that you’ll be with her at the hour of her death. It’s staggeringly beautiful and sad all at the same time.
Good luck to you in the next few days. Cancer sucks.
She passed this morning. My aunt stayed the night, leaving at 7am, and I got the call at home at 8am. So it seems like my mom was holding on until everyone left so that she could pass alone and in peace. The head nurse that we had met with had been telling us that often times mothers will protect their children by holding on until the children aren’t around to see the moment of death.
While I’ve shed my tears, there is also an overwhelming sense of relief that any pain she was enduring is over, and that now we can begin healing.
I had called the pastor from the church we attended while growing up and he was able to come by on short notice yesterday to pray over my mother. I meet with him tomorrow about presiding over her memorial service. She’ll be cremated, either late today or tomorrow and then we’ll wait a week to a week and a half to give anyone not in the immediate area time to make their travel plans.
Thank you to everyone who has kept my mother and our family in their thoughts and prayers over these last few days. You guys are awesome.
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She passed this morning. My aunt stayed the night, leaving at 7am, and I got the call at home at 8am. So it seems like my mom was holding on until everyone left so that she could pass alone and in peace. The head nurse that we had met with had been telling us that often times mothers will protect their children by holding on until the children aren’t around to see the moment of death.
While I’ve shed my tears, there is also an overwhelming sense of relief that any pain she was enduring is over, and that now we can begin healing.
I had called the pastor from the church we attended while growing up and he was able to come by on short notice yesterday to pray over my mother. I meet with him tomorrow about presiding over her memorial service. She’ll be cremated, either late today or tomorrow and then we’ll wait a week to a week and a half to give anyone not in the immediate area time to make their travel plans.
Thank you to everyone who has kept my mother and our family in their thoughts and prayers over these last few days. You guys are awesome.
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Sweetie, I’m so sorry. I don’t know what to say. Your mom sounds awesome…and you’re a good kid. She did a good job on you.
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. . . The head nurse that we had met with had been telling us that often times mothers will protect their children by holding on until the children aren’t around to see the moment of death. . .
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My Mom used to be an LVN, and this was one of the things she often commented on. Not parents protecting children, but spouses protecting spouses and/or other friends and relatives.
