Morning, I am sure most of you know my mom passed away a couple of days ago After six very painful weeks she died in her sleep. My mom had been discharged from the hospital and sent to my sisters and brother in laws house in Milwaukee to die. Many of you have sent me sweet and loving notes and I very much appreciate them. Please understand I am hardly on Facebook. I know many of my family and extended family are here, so I will try to respond to everyones messages in a week or so. This is not going to be a tribute to my mom or how there is a deep void in my life. I will write you all a personal note about that and I will say those feelings at the memorial. Remember how private I am about my feelings...etc. I do want to take this opportunity to thank some people who helped my mom in her journey the last couple of months......... The doctors and nurses at Memorial Hospital in Milwaukee were the sweetest most caring people in the world....other than my family. Even when they knew there was no hope, they hugged, touched, chit-chatted and laughed with my mom. They treated her with dignity and love. On top of that, they had to contend with the Bohon family.....:-) . To the hospice care nurses who came almost everyday and treated my mom with love an respect. And when my family was so stressed out and full of questions like, When? How?....the hospice nurses reassured us and always let us know that mom wasnt in pain. To the hospice pastor and my moms priest who showed my mom comfort and love. And the priest even quoted Monty Python!! To my co-workers and my supervisors for being so understanding and giving me off when I need to fly out to help my sisters. To Don, Dan, Jeffrey, Beverly, Jeff, Vince, Bennie and Sugar......thank you for listening to me and being there whenever I needed some sanity. To Craig, my friend, my enlightened friend. He was always there to bring me back to my center and give me unconditional love. To my cousins and their children......I could name them all...but man we would be here forever. They know who they are. They handled this entire journey with love and caring for mom. They always brought a smile to moms face. To Cyndy, Tim, Mike and Rocky.....You all had to put up with us going through this difficult journey. But it wasnt Suzi, Chris, Bambi or me on a journey by ourselves, each one of our significant others was right there with us. Through the laughs, tears, anger and frustration. Their love is really what got us navigate through all of this. Each one of you helped us get out to see our mom.....opened your homes and kept us sane.....sort of. To Mike, Bambi and Suzi, I can only thank you for being there for my mom ...physically everyday. They experienced so much frustration, sadness, anger and fatigue.....I dont know how they did it. They did mom proud. To Nina, my second mom and my moms best friend. Who...when everything was so hopelessly sad.....she was there for us with love and guidance.. Many people only have one mom...we have two.... To Chris, Bambi and Suzi......for being there for mom every step of the way.....physically and emotionally. Mom left this world knowing she had done a good job. And last but not least, to Rocky and Ralph. When things were so painful that I couldnt feel anything.....the showed me love. When I was so angry they both showed me love. When I was so tired late at night getting support from them on the phone....Rocky kept the phone on, until I passed out. Rocky and Ralph have always been my rock. I am lucky to have wonderful partners on this journey of life. As I leave you with these thoughts...I will turn my stereo on full blast.......and listen to a song that just seems appropriate for how I feel right now......... Its Lynyrd Skynyrds song Freebird on the One More FromThe Road ...live from Atlanta. Peace, Derek
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:54:59 +0000
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