Now I know I can take pictures with my phone while up in the air.
39,999 feet over Colorado – literally above the clouds and heading for home. It feels sudden but I think that’s because suddenly everything in my priority bag is finished and I don’t know what the new contents will look like or require. It’s a done deal for now.
Jello. It surprises everyone when mom really like Jello. They want to bring her food or flowers but mom is beginning to burn out on too much food. has never wanted flowers.
I left mom this morning at 10:30 as she headed off to her exercise class. I couldn’t have asked for a better departure scene. No drama, no sliding backwards – just a sweet “I’ll be fine”. Mom will be fine and I like it when she says those exact words to me. It’s all already become so much more than I imagined and that’s because mom gave it her very best and made it happen. Everything has been done that can possible be done for this new phase in her life and I hope I can now watch from the sidelines as she takes it to new heights. In her familiar words “Time will tell”
Spending this time with mom has been one of the most fulfilling things I have ever done and I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to share the transition with her. When my thoughts bring in doubt of what the future will bring I remind myself that she is out of her house and she knew on her own that the time had come for her to make this change. There is no place for her going back and I believe she knows this and is doing her best to make peace with it. Mom will take it all to the next level in her own style – with the strength and perseverance that she has shown friends, neighbors, family and especially me.
This huge web of support has held it all together the entire time and will continue to carry her on into the unknown. She is loved, helped and watched over. Her neighbors, the neighborhood and the forty years of living in a house that was her favorite one of all of the houses she ever lived in is a life treasure for her. The neighbors have become my neighbors and have surrounded me for the past year but especially in the last three months. I will be forever grateful for the strength and support that they give me in my every attempt to keep things moving.