I Remember Mama!

On this day in 2002, my mother passed away.

I remember a comment she made at Thanksgiving. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but a few weeks later she passed away from a UTI that became septic.

All of her great-grandchildren were at our house that day. It was my brother and me, all of the grandchildren, and all of the great-grandchildren. I was sitting next to my mother, watching the great-grandchildren play on the floor while the grandchildren were getting dinner ready.

I was sitting there with my brother and his wife when my mother said, “My life is complete.”

Three weeks later, she passed away. I believe she had let go. She was happy to see all of us together as a family, and she felt satisfied with her life. It felt as though, for her, it was time to go.