Well she passed away this morning at 05:30. Our son and daughter have been with her every day after work and have had ample time to say goodbye.
I am surprised at how much this has saddened me. This was a horrible way to go. And anything that hurts my kids angers me. But I also have to say goodbye to she who once loved me. Again.
Maybe I should add this to the "growing old sucks" thread.
The fact that growing old means losing people. It also means that it gets harder to fill in those fewer and fewer blank pages that lie before us. Those blank pages that we filled with our dreams and hopes and triumphs and failures when we were younger.
Her legacy is full of hopes and dreams and people who will fill their pages due in part to the lessons she taught them.
As for me I choose to remember her as the mother of our children and as she who once loved me. And the best back packing partner I ever had!
RIP Sue
