GOOD , BETTER, BEST

Good , Better, Best

Never let it Rest

'Till the Good is Better

and the Better

is BEST

That is what my mother always told me.

Everything she did in life... and her accomplishments were many

she did her very BEST

now MOM is gone

She died May 21st at 2:15 in the morning

I will make this

OR TRY TO MAKE THIS

a short tribute to my mom

She was only 81, but has been cursed with ill health nearly her whole life

about 20 years ago she had a tumor removed from her head

and it changed everything about her

in regards to her abilities

and her Zest for life

she became a recluse after that

as she didn't like the physical damage it did to her
then she developed tumors in her stomach

She used to oil paint, sold her paintings in Waterton

National Park

owned and ran a gift store in Calgary

ribbon winning quilter

directed plays

wrote endless historical books of our family history

(I could go on and on into her earlier years as an athlete)

Now she is Gone

Seems so hard to believe.

BUT

as sad and heartbreaking as it is

it is an answer to prayer

she fell just 3 days before and broke her hip

her death came as complications from that surgery

ME, my SISTER, and my AUNT

sat by her bedside

held her hand, sang to her

and watched her take her last breath

An extremely sacred experience as far as I'm concerned

KNOWING

and BELIEVING

she just went through another door

to those waiting on the other side for her

I am excited to think my son who died 2 1/2 years ago

must have been hugging and kissing her

I remember in the hospital, during some of her delerium

she'd say

"I just want mom and dad to come and get me"
I think they did.

Mom pretty much had told my sister (her care giver)

how she wanted her funeral to go

NOTHING big

Just a graveside service

Well, wouldn't ya know it was pouring rain

She always loved the wild flowers of Alberta

and so we went into the foothills of the mountains

and gathered up a bunch of Glacier Lilies

 

me, my aunt and sister in law

had to tie my hair back and put on a hat

my sister, my aunt and me
placing the flowers on her casket
IN THE POURING RAIN

who would have thought I'd be wearing jeans and gum boots to my mom's funeral

My poor dad has been having a hard time with it all

dad and my sister
He just wants to Die now too

I love this little country cemetary
where some day I will also be

I have ancestors back to my Great Great Grandparents who are there
all the way up to now, my mom
my brother's little boy is buried there as well

I surely will miss my mom
It's a hard thing
a hard thing for those of us still here on earth

 my sister, dad, my brother and me at a little luncheon after the graveside
feeling kind of chilled from all the cold and rain



 
 LOVE YOU MOM
take care of Matt for me
and God Be With You 'Till We Meet Again

p.s. sorry I haven't visited your blogs lately
I have been back and forth helping my sister
and now I have tons of stuff needing taking care of on our property
may take a bit of a break