Again, thanks...

Thank you to all of you who travelled this journey with me. My mom has been memorialized, and now the healing can begin. You have all been so kind to me. Hugs and love to you all. If you need to contact me in the future, please feel free. I love to hear stories about my mom from dear friends. You can also contact me by email at bepelfrey at gmail dot com (form into email address).

Hugs and love to you all!

Becky

Kathy's Memorial Service

My mother's Memorial service will be held at 7:00pm, Monday,
November 21st at Lucas Funeral Home, 700 Wall Street, Grapevine, TX.

The Dance

To all my sweet friends who have joined me on this journey; my sweet mother passed away peacefully in her sleep, holding hands with my sister, niece and me at 6:37 pm this evening.  We are all at peace now, and she is no longer in pain.

Coincidentally, Mom died on November 17th, the same date that she lost her own mother, 24 years ago.

The Dance, by Garth Brooks
Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared beneath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I the king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance

Her time is near, my friends. We are at her bedside, and telling her it's time to go, when shes ready.

Changes

Our beautiful mom

 We took these pictures tonight.  They will be awesome memories and reminders of how much we loved each other. 

Mom and Sue

Mom and m

Today was a very bizarre day.  Mom woke up this morning thinking that she was on the phone with "the mortgage company, trying to close on her house."  Then she asked me why "the Shitzu rescue people were here" [she doesn't have a Shitzu], and finally, she said she just had a vivid dream that the man next door had "barged into her house, got rid of all of her flowers, and then told her that they were going camping so that she could have a new life."  The hospice nurse told us that some of the hallucinations are from her morphine, and some are from the disease itself.  Either way, she's showing all the classic signs of "end of life."  She is dreaming about people she's known who have passed over, and she's very calm about going.  She has said more than once that she is ready now, and wants to be out of pain.  We have told her over and over that when she is ready, we are ready, too.  Luckily, hospice gave us a pamphlet, and it's helping us immensely in knowing the signs of end-of-life.

We are just hugging and loving on her, and enjoying being together, the three of us.

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Good day!

Well, semi-false alarm. Mom is bright eyed and bushy tailed today. Already ordering me around at 7:30 am! Lol. I love my mommy. And sleep. Wait? What's sleep? ;)

Mom is seeming very disoriented today. I'm sorry to say, that I don't think it's going to be much longer. It's hard for me to say this out loud, but I see the decline. I am so glad my sister and I are here this week. Thank you all for your support and love, always. ♥