I just got home from saying good-bye to my mom. She died earlier tonight after falling and hitting her head.
It happens— just like that—sometimes.
And now the world is strange and quiet. So many plans to make, so many people to touch. But in the center is this night of stars. And Mom rising toward them.
SandySue Altered
A Mind Divided 
Jun 21, 2014 @ 00:46:19
{{Hugs}}
Jun 21, 2014 @ 06:37:45
Thanks, P.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 07:02:35
My thoughts are with you Sandy xxx
Jun 21, 2014 @ 07:29:01
Bless you, E.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 07:41:54
So sorry to hear, Sandy! Thinking of you…
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:18:19
And I really feel held in those thoughts, Maggie. Thank you.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 09:42:56
Oh, dear Sandy, my heart is with you!
Hugs from Ecuador,
Kathy
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:17:41
Thank you, K.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 09:47:06
Beautifully expressed. My condolences.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:17:24
Thank you, Deborah.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 10:12:28
I am so sorry for your loss! XO
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:17:07
Thank you for your sweet words.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 10:18:54
Thinking of you.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:16:24
Thank you, my friend.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 12:48:33
I made a similar comment at my mother’s passing. Maybe our mothers fly together, out there.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:16:01
Oh, what a lovely thought. Yes.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 14:55:33
I’ll be looking at the stars and maybe hear a giggle. Cyber hug. Much Metta
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:15:35
The stars are natural gigglers. Mom is in good company.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 15:45:02
Big hugs and love to you my sweet friend. I’m sending positive energy your way.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:14:42
I feel it, Lori. Send a little of that as a tail wind for Tyler as he and his family head up here from Muskogee.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 17:11:02
Hugs, loves and lots of empathy flowing your way – xoxox
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:13:51
Thank you, my friend.
Jun 21, 2014 @ 17:37:53
I have been acutely aware of that — that it can happen, just like that. Here, then gone. What a journey (anything I say sounds trite) it has been for me since my Betty-Mom died 3 yrs ago — no surprise, she was 87, but I had no idea I would feel my solar plexus ripped out of me, nor for so long. It is different for everyone. Holding you in the light, except when you want the dark…. LindaNoel
Jun 21, 2014 @ 18:13:37
I love you, Linda. You’re so on target.
Jun 22, 2014 @ 05:35:50
Prayers be with you Sandy. Beautifully written.
Jun 22, 2014 @ 05:52:40
Thanks, buddy.
Jun 22, 2014 @ 09:59:38
You were blessed to have had her for as long as you did. I took comfort in that thought when I lost my Mom and Dad. I hope you find that thought which will bring you some peace, as well. Love.
Jun 23, 2014 @ 04:11:25
Yes, Therese, I do. And that the end was fast with little pain or fear. It had been a hard year for Mom, and we were all afraid of a long, slow slide that so many elderly folk suffer through to the end. I’m so thankful she didn’t have to do that.
Jun 23, 2014 @ 11:53:11
I’m so sorry, Sandy Sue…love to you.
Jun 23, 2014 @ 17:57:43
Thank you, Carol.