My Story


My mom and I have always been close, always had a special relationship. On September 2 I got a call that forever changed my life. My mom had collapsed at church and was being taken via ambulance to the hospital. A few hours later I got another call, this time my best friend telling me how serious things were. Within three hours my coworkers had me on a plane (at zero cost to me!) and by 6 pm that night I was at my mom's side.

After three days in the ICU it was determined that because of how long her brain had gone without oxygen, she likely wouldn't wake up. On September 5th we made the most difficult decision to let her go peacefully. It was something she had talked about so we were sure it was what she would have wanted us to do.

My wonderful mother passed peacefully on September 6 at 6:10 am. She is already missed so much.

This blog is my journey through the grieving process. Hopefully that will keep my regular daily blog a little less depressing.

On this blog I will share some of my daily grief emails and also songs, poems and pictures that touch my heart. Hopefully this will help someone, but if nothing else, it helps me.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

A Birthday Request

When I requested that friends update their profile picture to a flower for mom's birthday, the response was overwhelming. 34 Likes, 10 comments and the messages below:

I learned a tough lesson years ago... I knew this lady who worked at the library here. She had a heart defect. Knowing she might have an unexpected end to her life at any time, she chose to celebrate her birthday every year with as much fanfare as possible. She worked in the kids dept. so that made it better. I never liked to celebrate my birthday, and viewed it as one year closer to old age. When I learned about her heart issue it really made me change my view. Now I look forward to my birthday every year. When I worked with my kindergarten class I made a whole day of it, cupcakes included! When she died, as expected, unexpectedly. It really made me take stock of my life. We need to live life to its fullest. Regardless of how short/long it may be. I promise the first year of your mom being gone will be hard. But I know every step you take each day will make her proud! Love you girl! - Ginny Storey-Mosley

she has been on my mind sooo much,, I miss her to much for words,, ,, Lynnie,, you were my best friend for 43 wonderful years , We did alot to gether , I just wish we had more time to do all things things we planned to do,, but dont you worry my sweet girl,, we will have all the time in the world when we met in heaven,, I love you ,Lynn,,,,, - Auntie Sandy

I had a dream about her the other night and it was kind of weird. She was at our TOPS meeting and she was beautiful and very slim. She has always been beautiful to me and I am pretty sure she was letting me know that she was ok. It gave me some inspiration to get back on my program and lose this weight. I miss her so very much. Its hard to lose a friend of 20 plus years. I love you my sweet and wonderful friend. I hope your beautiful birthday in heaven was indeed that, beautiful! - Robin McConnell 
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