I love you, Mom

My beautiful mama’s spirit flew to God Wednesday evening. She was at home, her very favorite place, surrounded on all sides by her daughters. It doesn’t feel real. I don’t know yet how to be in a world without my mom. My sisters and I will figure it out together.

Dementia is a very long and heartbreaking goodbye. Amazingly, throughout her illness my mom maintained her charm and sense of humor. Her self-deprecating jokes and witty one-liners got us through a lot of challenging moments. She always greeted us like she had not seen us in ten years, even if it had only been a few hours. Y’all, that just feels wonderful. Let’s all agree to welcome each other that way.

I carry with me her deep and abiding faith in God, enmity with spiders, appreciation of lipstick, love of color, creative spirit, and fervent reverence for a good cup of coffee. I pray that I can be even a fraction of the good woman she was.

My family was very lucky to have had such a kind, loving, witty, and wonderful mom and Gramma. Thank you, dear Father in Heaven, for blessing our lives with her. Mom, I love you forever, always, to the moon and back.

NOTE: My Etsy shop is closed for a few days. I’ll be checking messages sporadically and will try my best to reply in a timely manner. Thanks so much for your kindness and patience.