one of the many conversations i had with my mom

my brother and i were fortunate enough to have spent lots of time with my mom over the past months and years. earlier in 2007, i had many very difficult but wonderful conversations with her. one that makes us all feel better happened late one evening after a late dinner. mom was quite the night owl - always staying up until the wee hours chatting the night away. it was the night i brought mom home from her first visit to the hospital in early april 2007. we stayed up talking until 3 am believe it or not.

i talked about how much i was going to miss her, she held my hand and said "you don't have to cry." she teared up herself and said she would would miss us all, especially bill and me, but that she would be happy to see all the people she hasn't seen in a while. she lit up and mentioned seeing evelyn, her sister-in-law and one of her dearest friends. evelyn was perhaps closest to her in her final years. she mentioned seeing her brother bill, brother fred, her mom and dad, "daddy" (she called our father "daddy"), molly and margo (our dogs when in connecticut). she said she'd probably stick her tongue out at daddy, but then softened, saying it would be great to see him again.

i hope she's up there now having a great time with them all. and one day perhaps we will be seeing her again.

tom.