Its taken me a few days to post this. Ive tried a few times and havent had the words, I still dont. Tuesday evening, my other mother, Terresia went to be with God. She battled Alzheimers, breast cancer, and finally brain cancer before her body had just had enough. I swing from deep sadness to grateful relief that her fight is over. There are so few childhood memories that dont involve her and her family. My brother and I spent summer days from sun up to sun down between our house and theirs. She made sloppy joes with ketchup and the best taco dip and butterscotch brownies ever. I spilled an entire Coke in her purse and she never got mad (though she never let me forget it either :D). She kept some of our secrets and told on me sometimes too. But she could always be counted on. There arent enough words to describe a woman like her to anyone who never met her. You were always welcome in her home and there was really no such thing as too many. She was a woman of faith and I know with complete certainty that she is with God. Her mind is whole and shes wearing her huge ( seriously huge) smile that lit up her face. When Alzheimers began to take her, I began saying good bye, wanting to remember her like I know shed want. It doesnt make the final good bye any easier. I think, when I visit home, Ill always expect to see her cross the yard to come get a hug. I wish Id gotten just one more. Shes gone but somehow I know that there will be a day, when Im doing something silly or foolish and Ill hear her loud and clear, oh mercy. There will be a memorial Monday evening for anyone and everyone who loved her. I truly expect a reunion of friends that she would just love.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 04:36:20 +0000
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