[AT] Off topic/ Personal, my mom

[Al Jones]

Charlie, very sorry to hear!  However after watching my grandparents,
I know exactly what you are talking about.  It is a blessing she is no
longer suffering.

You are in our prayers!
Al

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 8:40 PM, charlie hill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Since I consider all on ATIS to be something of an extended family,
> I thought I'd post that my mom passed away Friday morning about 2 AM.
> I think I have mentioned here that I was spending a lot of time recently
> caring for her.  She lived an extraordinary life of 97 years and 7 months,
> all of them healthy and active until suffering a stroke in Oct of 2014.
> The remaining months have been difficult but her struggle is now over
> and she died peacefully in her own bed.
>
> I find myself not being sad.  The sadness and sense of loss has been spent
> in the last 17 months watching and helping her struggle with the effects and
> complications of a stroke and eventual A-Fib, ITP and a recent diagnosis
> with
> a mass in her lung.  She is at peace and it's a good thing.   She's finally
> reunited with my dad after nearly 50 years.
>
> I just wanted the group to know.
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
>
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