That all changed when I got a phone call from my mom at 10am, she says that she has the flu and needs a ride to the ER because she's not doing so well. Nathan volunteers to go bring her, and he's there for hours. Inside, I'm bummed because we don't get to go to the pumpkin patch. But I'm also worried about my mom because when I talked to her she just didn't seem like herself.
Hours upon hours go by, and my dad shows up to relieve my husband. They have my mom in a room and are trying to figure out what's going on, but they know it's not the flu. Then the doctor mentions meningitis and we all got scared. I didn't know enough about it to know how scared I should be. After hours of confusion, frustration, and worrying, my moms pain ended at she became an angel.
Our lives changed forever that day. It's incomprehensible how much pain can be caused by losing such an amazing, loving, influential, selfless person. An immense amount of love has to be present in life to feel such an overwhelming sadness in death.
I have the best memories of my mom. Gossiping and giggling like little girls as we sip coffee in our robes. Trading stories about life and love. Shopping and hanging out like best friends, because that's what we were. The mother and daughter label fell off somewhere along our journey together, and what remained was an amazing friendship. She was the most amazing grandma to my girls, in just the short amount of time she had with them. I am thankful to have had such an amazing mom, who has taught me to love selflessly, laugh hysterically and not take the unimportant things to seriously. She taught me to be the best mom I could be and for that I am eternally grateful.
We love and miss you to the moon and back, Mom.
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So sweet, so beautiful, so important, so touching.
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