I couldn’t bring myself to do my Dad’s eulogy last year at his funeral Mass, but our son was kind enough to deliver one (and did a great job). However, when my mom passed away this year, I knew that I was the only one who could share her life story at her funeral Mass. […]
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The End of an Era
When my mom had emergency surgery in 2017 to repair a ruptured colon, I was hopeful that she’d recover easily enough, move back into her two-story house, and get on with her active retirement life. That wasn’t meant to be. The long surgery brought about post-operative delirium and the end of her days of […]
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Don’t Ever Bet Against Me
My 86-year-old mom has been in assisted living facilities since she underwent emergency surgery in 2017 for a ruptured colon that caused her to have short-term memory loss. After she was released from the hospital, she stayed at the closest nursing facility to our house, just .5 miles away, so that I could visit her […]
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