Wow, this hit me like a sledgehammer. I can feel your emotions as if they are my own. I don't know how you do that. As an aside; I would love to see you write a book about your relationship with your mother. I know plenty of women who have love/hate feelings toward their mothers. I think you would find a large audience for such an endeavor. Happy Easter.
Thank you. This is a such an incredibly honest and touching piece. I, too, know how difficult it is to pray for someone to die. To relieve them of the torture of their disease and us from watching, and failing, to be able to do something…anything. 37 years later, I can still feel it. My mom…ravaged and emaciated, in intolerable pain from pancreatic cancer.
So many journeys with our moms. So many moments that stick. So many moments that still hurt. 37 years later.
Thank you again. Hoping for a peaceful Easter weekend for you.
My husband volunteered at Light of Hearts. He played the piano while Joanne directed their choir. The residents loved it! They even went to other facilities to entertain the residents there.
Once the dementia started to take him more, I would drive him there, but he still played and was so happy doing it! I loved to listen to him play and everyone sing and, of course, I would join in. And I loved him more than anything....
I'm familiar with the chapel; it's a beautiful place to pray. Praying you have a blessed and joyous Easter, even with Good Friday right there in the middle of the Easter triduum....
How nice to see you quoted from Ernest Holmes. His Science of Mind philosophy is the closest I’ve ever been to religious, and that opening of my mind helped me see God and invite “him” in. Thank you for reminding me that “he’s” still there. I had forgotten. Thinking of you.
This is lovely…My Mama passed in 2021 from Alzheimer’s. I just started on substack. Take a moment and read my first post. It is exactly what you are experiencing…looking forward to reading more of your writings!
Hi Regina—your words always seem to find me at just the right moment. I moved to Spain in 2018 with a shipping container and a shaky plan, hoping reinvention was a real thing. Now I’m in rural France, writing from a crumbling old stone house and finding that joy can show up even in the most chaotic places. Subscribed—and truly grateful for your light.
That is beautiful! I have prayed several times for God to take loved ones who are suffering and ready. It’s hard, but it’s so unkind to hang on and not let them go. I hope you have a wonderful Easter filled with laughs and peace. Is this the first holiday since the split? Hope that all goes smoothly too.
Wow, this hit me like a sledgehammer. I can feel your emotions as if they are my own. I don't know how you do that. As an aside; I would love to see you write a book about your relationship with your mother. I know plenty of women who have love/hate feelings toward their mothers. I think you would find a large audience for such an endeavor. Happy Easter.
Thank you. This is a such an incredibly honest and touching piece. I, too, know how difficult it is to pray for someone to die. To relieve them of the torture of their disease and us from watching, and failing, to be able to do something…anything. 37 years later, I can still feel it. My mom…ravaged and emaciated, in intolerable pain from pancreatic cancer.
So many journeys with our moms. So many moments that stick. So many moments that still hurt. 37 years later.
Thank you again. Hoping for a peaceful Easter weekend for you.
This is so relatable and arrived at the perfect time for me. Thanks so much. God bless you and Happy Easter.
My husband volunteered at Light of Hearts. He played the piano while Joanne directed their choir. The residents loved it! They even went to other facilities to entertain the residents there.
Once the dementia started to take him more, I would drive him there, but he still played and was so happy doing it! I loved to listen to him play and everyone sing and, of course, I would join in. And I loved him more than anything....
I'm familiar with the chapel; it's a beautiful place to pray. Praying you have a blessed and joyous Easter, even with Good Friday right there in the middle of the Easter triduum....
How nice to see you quoted from Ernest Holmes. His Science of Mind philosophy is the closest I’ve ever been to religious, and that opening of my mind helped me see God and invite “him” in. Thank you for reminding me that “he’s” still there. I had forgotten. Thinking of you.
This is lovely…My Mama passed in 2021 from Alzheimer’s. I just started on substack. Take a moment and read my first post. It is exactly what you are experiencing…looking forward to reading more of your writings!
I’m sorry you lost your mom. I hope Mother’s Day isn’t too hard on you. I’ll check out your words.
Hi Regina—your words always seem to find me at just the right moment. I moved to Spain in 2018 with a shipping container and a shaky plan, hoping reinvention was a real thing. Now I’m in rural France, writing from a crumbling old stone house and finding that joy can show up even in the most chaotic places. Subscribed—and truly grateful for your light.
That is beautiful! I have prayed several times for God to take loved ones who are suffering and ready. It’s hard, but it’s so unkind to hang on and not let them go. I hope you have a wonderful Easter filled with laughs and peace. Is this the first holiday since the split? Hope that all goes smoothly too.