Grandma passed this morning. Everyone is familiar with the emotions and struggles when someone passes, and this is no different. She has 6 kids that are going to be travelling with their families from as far as Alaska all the way to Florida for the funeral. Thanks for your prayers concerning travel and the arrangements. We are placing her beside my grandfather and my sister who died from lukemia at age 8, so this will be especially hard for my mom, going back to the site and seeing those other two gravesites at the same time.
Grandma said two days ago that she never knew that dying could be so painful and she was ready to die. My mom was taking it pretty hard, seeing her mom in such pain, and so doped up that she could not swallow food. Morphine only slightly touched the pain, and was only delaying her passing. The legal paperwork to turn off machines that were keeping her functions going would have taken a long time, and is something that she wanted, but is hard to do for a loved one, especially when it is your mom or your grandmother. We moved her up from Florida several years ago and got her into a house of her own and had many wonderful moments with her and my kids getting to know great-grandma. Picking strawberries in the back yard, playing checkers with her and uncle melvin, and seeing her enjoy the little ones just being in her house was truly a blessing for her and my children. Earlier this week, the kids saw her and she was coherent and they were on her bed kissing her and talking to her, and she could talk back and they had a great time. Considering her condition, I feel that God provided her with strength and mental capacity for that one hour as a gift to her and us. She went back to the same poor condition shortly after the kids left.
I prayed for my birthday present to be that He would take her so she would not be in so much pain, and He answered. Thank you for letting me get this out, I appreciate this fellowship.
Grandma said two days ago that she never knew that dying could be so painful and she was ready to die. My mom was taking it pretty hard, seeing her mom in such pain, and so doped up that she could not swallow food. Morphine only slightly touched the pain, and was only delaying her passing. The legal paperwork to turn off machines that were keeping her functions going would have taken a long time, and is something that she wanted, but is hard to do for a loved one, especially when it is your mom or your grandmother. We moved her up from Florida several years ago and got her into a house of her own and had many wonderful moments with her and my kids getting to know great-grandma. Picking strawberries in the back yard, playing checkers with her and uncle melvin, and seeing her enjoy the little ones just being in her house was truly a blessing for her and my children. Earlier this week, the kids saw her and she was coherent and they were on her bed kissing her and talking to her, and she could talk back and they had a great time. Considering her condition, I feel that God provided her with strength and mental capacity for that one hour as a gift to her and us. She went back to the same poor condition shortly after the kids left.
I prayed for my birthday present to be that He would take her so she would not be in so much pain, and He answered. Thank you for letting me get this out, I appreciate this fellowship.
