Monday, July 1, 2013

How things change suddenly

How things have changed since my last post. I designed a card for my mother for Mother's Day and unfortunately it was the last one I spent with my mom. She had a massive stroke at the end of May and died a few days later in June. We will all miss her very much because she was a very special woman. Her last day was spent in hospice. They provided a massage therapist who massaged her arms and shoulders followed by a music therapist who brought her guitar and sang all my mother's favorite songs at her bedside. A chaplain followed and our family prayed a prayer of Thanksgiving for a life well spent. There were wonderful, compassionate nurses and doctors who took care of her. I made thank you note cards which I sent to the doctors and nurses who took care of her during her brief stay in the hospital.