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| Aunt George |
Posted - Apr 12 2007 : 7:28:07 PM
My brother and his wife from England were at her bedside, along with myself. Oh, my....I've been up since 2am, it is 10:23 pm now.
Mom's passing was so difficult. She went into what is called Kussmaul breathing around 4am and it just never got any better no matter what. I kept her cleaned, turned and tried to keep her cool. I talked, sand and combed her hair. My husband, dear soul called off for the rest of the week.
I'm so tired right now, I just can't write anymore tonight. I'll write more about her passing tomorrow. It was miraculous. And a huge family conflict was resolved as if my a miracle...I promise to write more tomorrow. I'm falling asleep at the keyboard, and bed is calling to me. I haven't lied flat on a bed for more a month now.
Well more tomorrow, g
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| summerbreeze |
Posted - Apr 25 2007 : 09:59:10 AM
Dear Georgeanne,
I was so sorry to hear of your Mother's passing. Sending you love and warm thoughts.
Laura
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Apr 24 2007 : 10:43:13 AM
Aunt George - I hope you are doing okay today. Thinking of you each day in my prayers.
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Apr 23 2007 : 7:29:58 PM
Thank you all so very much. I have received so many lovely cards and gifts of encouragement. I just don't know where and how to express my thanks to everyone. In all of my years I have never seen an outpouring of love and care and concern by so many.
I hope tomorrow I can take some time to sit at my computer and thank each of you individually. The handmade items are so wonderful.
This is one place I don't feel like a stranger in this big world of apathy. My husband just couldn't believe the outpouring of cards and handmade momentos. I told him that farmgirls with heartstrings. I apologize for not answering sooner, but I've had my hands full. Tomorrow I have to sit in the Social Security office and go through the stopping of Mom's SS checks. I couldn't do it until I had the death certificate in my hands and I just got those. Today was a very down day for me....but I know that I can expect a few of those.
So please farmgirl friends, until tomorrow when I hope to get personal thank you's out to each of you.
Hugs and heartfelt thanks,
Georgann
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| mtngirl1 |
Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 06:26:42 AM
Prayers, strength and peace for you and yours.
KIm |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 5:14:36 PM
Oh Georgeann - I am so sorry about your mom. You were a perfect daughter. I recall you said that you remember how she was at 36. Keep that memory. She was special, and you are more special. Bless you and I pray that the following days will be blessed with the presence of God in your life and Godly strength will sustain you.
Jeannie
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Apr 19 2007 : 4:02:28 PM
Hi Georgann:
My thoughts and prayers are with you. You and your mom were both lucky to have one another at the end. Knowing you took care of her with love and tenderness will serve you well for the rest of your days, as it served her for the end of hers.
Love,
Sheryl-lyn |
| renren |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 2:00:26 PM
Just found your page and I am sorry to hear about your Mom. I lost my Mom this last June and yes its very difficult. My thoughts are with you, Sincerely Allison
To be like other farm girls and become there friends.
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| Phils Ann |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 10:53:01 AM
Dear Georgeann, thank you for sharing your precious story with us! What an uplifting end for your mother's life! The Lord is so very good to us. I pray you'll get rest soon, and be able to watch your brothers become close friends.
Love,
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
| MustangSuzie |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 5:46:38 PM
Sending you many hugs Georgann, you are such a blessed soul. It makes my heart joyfull to read of the celebration of your mother's life.
Blessings....
Sarah
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| Luzy |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 5:26:41 PM
Here's a big giant hug for you Georgann! I wish I could give it to you in person, but just know that you are loved and hugged. My thoughts and for sure, prayers are with you. Take care of you. Lu
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| Bluewrenn |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 5:09:28 PM
Our thoughts with you, Georgann!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 1:58:11 PM
I am so very sorry for your loss, Georgeann. What a strong spirit she had. Thanks for posting that beautiful story about the triumph of that spirit.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 1:38:48 PM
Georgeann, no platitude helps, so I won't even try to think of one, though I long to be of some comfort to you. How many of us can imagine the depth of devotion it's taken for you to care for your mother so well, for such a long time? You're a good person. And it occurs to me that although I didn't know your mother, never met her, don't even have a face to go with thoughts of her, I've got this much to remember her by: she gave the world you. For that alone, she must have been one fine woman, and I mourn that loss with you. |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 12:24:10 AM
Oh, yes, I can just see her doing that. She loved flowers and the girls and I kept fresh flowers in her room at all times. We picked the daffodils and tulips. I cut the dogwood and apple blossoms. Dani picked the wild violets in the yard....we tried to bring the beauty of the creation into her view every day she was confined. She loved watching the squirrels and all of the lovely birds that were outside of her windows. The last day she was out of bed, she wanted to watch at the window. She just sat there and seemed like she was soaking each and ever detail in. She somehow knew it was her last time up and she was going to absorb every last detail. I'm so thankful for the squirrels. I've cussed them so long now, but they really did give mom something to laugh at during her last days.
Oh, the day after her death, I was standing at the kitchen window and sitting on a tree branch right outside was a big brown owl. He just sat there looking around and then flew away. I hear the owls all of the time, but that was the first time I ever saw one here!
Oh, and Patricia, thank you for sharing your mother's memory with me...what comfort to your mother that her dear mother came to her. It just made me realize that the most powerful motivator on this earth is not what I have thought all of these years. I have always thought that guilt and fear where the most powerful motivators, but I now know that it is a mother's LOVE!!!
Thank you again!
And thank you to all of my farmgirl friends. You really made the difficult times lighter by all of your prayers and support....I'll never forget it!!
Love and Blessings,
Georgann
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| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Apr 15 2007 : 11:54:58 AM
Georgeanne - that explains it. Apparently, when looked for her, she had your singing wrapped around her like a cloak. That's why I heard it. Funny, when my Mom died, I sang to her ,too. I was the only one there (I have no sibs). I kept singing one song from the 30s that I can't remember now, rubbing her arms (gently, she was skin & bones), sponging her lips. A couple of days earlier, when she could speak but was already "out of it" she became agitated and called out for her Mama (we Italians seem to do that at the end) and I saw my Nonnie come and put her hand on Mom's shoulder. She said, "Josephina, whatsa matta? I'm here. I'm here." and my Mom put her hand over Nonnie's and calmed down. Mother's love, for sure.
Love,
P
PS Now she's sitting surrounded by tons of flowers and she has a big grin on her face. She sends love and thanks.
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| vintagegrl |
Posted - Apr 15 2007 : 06:45:35 AM
Georgann, I just logged on for my every-4-day check up on the forum (PC's fried, using son's PC) and read the news of your beloved mother's passing. I was so touched and awed by what a mother's love can do. What an inspiration! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Apr 15 2007 : 05:07:13 AM
I was singing! I sang all of her favorite old hymns and childhood songs that I learned when she was my Brownie leader. I sang Amazing Grace, Old Rugged Cross, Shall We Gather by the River, And He Walks With Me, Three Little Angles....I tried to remember all of the ones that she loved and I sang until my throat was sore. I do hope she enjoyed them. Like I said, I have a lullaby voice!
Thankyou Patricia for checking on Mom. I felt in my heart and I know in my heart and mind that Mom is doing well. Your confirmation is a blessing and refreshment for my soul.
Georgann
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| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 10:50:13 PM
Thanks for answering, Georgann. It's funny. I was thinking of your mother and I heard music. Anyway, she's doing fine. I had somebody go check.
Love,
Patricia
Farmgirls do it organically! |
| Buttercup |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 10:30:03 PM
Georgann,
Just checking in and sending a (((HUG))) to you. I am continueing to think of you and your family and pray for peace and your mom's last loving act to hold and wrap your family in love! What a wonderful gesture at the end of her life, it speaks volumes in regards to her life and love!! What a blessing to be part of such a deed and thank you so much for blessing us by sharing it! We all feel as if we have lost someone dear and wonderful. Do take care. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Remember we are all here for you!
Hugz & Prayers,
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
| jendada |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 6:51:17 PM
Blessings to your and your family Georgann! What a beautiful story of your mom's last hours. You will hold that memory with you forever.
Jen |
| DeeDee |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 6:43:22 PM
Just wanted to add my condolences to everyone else's tonight. A beautiful story you told of your Mom making things right between her boys. |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 02:56:26 AM
Patricia,
My mother wasn't really a singer. I can't remember ever hearing her sing. I sing though, not well, but I love to sing. I have a lullaby voice according to my friends and family. You know, a voice that only a baby would love? LOL I used the butterfly analogy with my daughters at mom's passing. It was so easy for them to understand that.
Thanks for the hug!!
Georgann
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| FarmGirl~K |
Posted - Apr 13 2007 : 10:18:01 PM
Georgeanne... so sorry to hear about your loss. Thank you for sharing your story with us. God bless you & your family. We are here if you need us. |
| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Apr 13 2007 : 8:28:59 PM
Georgeanne, my sympathies go to you tonight. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story with us. What seems like the end of the world to a catepillar is a whole new beginning to the butterfly. By the way, did your Mother like to sing?
Farmgirl hug,
Patricia
Farmgirls do it organically! |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Apr 13 2007 : 5:57:20 PM
WOW! I just read this and Georgann, I am so sorry to hear this...you know you can call if you need anything ;)
Love to you and your family. From what you have told me your mom was amazing in life and even more so now in her passing!
I know that you know you won't be without her...;)
Love to you!
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