My Mother

My mother is beginning to show more failure than she has before.  It seems she is getting ready for a journey, the journey of her life.  I am far away and feel more out of touch than is comfortable.  The news this week is that she has pneumonia.  Home health just turned her over to hospice.  That is good for my sister, because she is living with my sister and BIL.  My sister tells me a lot, but I'm sure I only get a small portion of what is going on there.  Just as I was leaving to come home from my last visit which was 3 weeks ago, my mother was having more and more trouble using her legs.  I understand she can not use them now.  So, as I start this journey, I have put together a mix of pictures I had readily available on my computer.  I believe I have the best mother in the universe.  She was always loving and continues to be.  She had a heart for God and lived it ALWAYS.  She has the most scripture hidden in her heart of anyone I know.  In the midst of her growing dementia, she can still quote scripture.   Oh, that I might learn from her even in her demise!  I still see her touching lives all the time.  She's still here for some reason.

Here she is with my sister talking about how sad she was that her Jetta was dying.

Here she is in a hat.  

Still the pretty lady!

Here she is with her brother on the right and her BIL on the left at the reunion before Jetta died.

Some years back with her brother and her three daughters

In her garden with her walking stick that my son made for her.

My son and his wonderful Mema.

Looking pretty for a Comfort Keepers commercial.

Back in the day, that is one beautiful exotic woman.

The family at Christmas, 1981.

Here she is loving my first two.

Mother's Day, 1990, with my son.

Mother and oldest sister in Fort Worth.

Pretty lady in Kansas City in the early 70's.

My mom and dad.

My cousin, Jetta and mother

Mother and her grandchildren

Mother and her two daughters and my sister's daughter.

Mother and Jetta on one of their many trips with Schauten.

Mother and Jetta and Miss Daisy

Mother and Jetta cooking together, which they did a lot of the last few years Jetta was alive.

Mother and her three daughters.

Mother and Jetta

Mother and Jetta

Back a ways, 1981, mother BIL and Jetta

Mother and her daughters at Easter.

Mother and her grandchildren minus the youngest who was not born yet.

Mother in Colorado.  Jetta LOVED Colorado!

Jetta's shadow while taking pictures while in Colorado

Way back with mother, my oldest sister, Jetta and the neighbors dog.  She made the matching dresses!

Cooking with Jetta

Mother with her sister and brother.

Mother with her brother and sister and their dolls.

With my dad's mom and Jetta

Mother with my sisters

Mother, father and Jetta

Mother and daddy

Christmas before any grandchildren, notice the tiny dog, Prissyee.

My oldest and her favorite Mema!

My BIL and mother at his birthday, she gave him peanut butter!

Going down the pathway to my son's wedding.

My husband with her this last fall

Mema with her oldest grandaughter and her husband

My son and his Mema

Getting love from the first granddaughter's daughter

My youngest with her Mema

In her rose garden

Recently

BIL and mother

At her 90th birthday party.

Her brother at her 90th birthday party.  This party lasted a full weekend with lots of family here from all over.

Her oldest grandchild at her 90th

Nephew and wife at the party

Another nephew at the party

No 1 granddaughter at party

My dad's sister left, mother and my first daughter at the party

WE all sang songs at her party.

Her precious niece at the party, her husband painted a wonderful lighthouse for my mother.

Her brother again

My daughter's wedding and my mother and her great grandchild, the first granddaughter's child, the oldest and and youngest at the wedding.

My son and his mema at the wedding

At the wedding with my son's best friend.  Behind her is the bride and groom.

Looking perk after surgery years ago

Another in the rose garden

Siblings

My husband with his Mema!

Me and my mother

looking pretty

My youngest and her Mema

Years ago, Niece, Jetta, Mother, my youngest and me

My youngest and her Mema

So, there you have a sampling of my dear mother.  I hope to get more visits with her before this is all just a dream.  I also pray for peaceful passing.