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Yesterday my Mom passed away, 4 days past her 92nd birthday. She was in Hospice, they told us she had 6 months, she didn't last 5 weeks. The truth is she had had enough, she wanted to go, the past year and a half for her was nothing but trips to the doctors for test after test and then trips to the hospital for breathing issues, she had congestive heart failure.
She was a great Mom, very encouraging and supportive, she was always there when I needed her, I'd visit her a couple of times a week, spend time with her, take her to lunch, take her shopping or to dinner, loved to spend time with her.
She was a proud Greek/American, very religious, just like her Mother. I used to call her daily and chat her up, would always end the conversation with "I love you Mom" and she'd always say "I love you too George", this has been brutal the past month or so watching her slowly decline, the spark in her eyes was gone, she was bed ridden for basically the entire time in Hospice.
At one point, she looked at me and said "No matter what, you will always be my little boy"................soul crushing, but yet comforting to hear.
She's with my Dad, her parents and her brothers and sisters now, no more pain, no more suffering, no more trips to the doctor or the hospital, just eternal rest for her.
My heart is forever broken, it's the price you pay when you love your parents as much as I loved mine.
I will see the two of them again on the other side................this song reminds me of her, R.I.P. Mom, love you so much.
https://youtu.be/4bRuh9cNgl8
She was a great Mom, very encouraging and supportive, she was always there when I needed her, I'd visit her a couple of times a week, spend time with her, take her to lunch, take her shopping or to dinner, loved to spend time with her.
She was a proud Greek/American, very religious, just like her Mother. I used to call her daily and chat her up, would always end the conversation with "I love you Mom" and she'd always say "I love you too George", this has been brutal the past month or so watching her slowly decline, the spark in her eyes was gone, she was bed ridden for basically the entire time in Hospice.
At one point, she looked at me and said "No matter what, you will always be my little boy"................soul crushing, but yet comforting to hear.
She's with my Dad, her parents and her brothers and sisters now, no more pain, no more suffering, no more trips to the doctor or the hospital, just eternal rest for her.
My heart is forever broken, it's the price you pay when you love your parents as much as I loved mine.
I will see the two of them again on the other side................this song reminds me of her, R.I.P. Mom, love you so much.
https://youtu.be/4bRuh9cNgl8