A few days after I went to visit the Mercur Cemetery I got a call from my step-sisters letting me know my mother would not last for another 48 hours. On hearing that news, I got a ticket for a flight to Raleigh/Durham, NC and rented a car to drive to Laurinburg, NC.
I arrived at the assisted living facility where my mom was in Laurinburg at about 1:15 A.M. I spent the night in her room that evening. She was in hospice care at the assisted living facility and because she was declining rapidly, her body could not process any medication they put in her mouth. The morphine was not working so 3 days later they arranged for her to be transferred to a local hospice facility.
The next day my step-dad and two step-sisters and I went to the hospice facility. A few minutes after we arrived, a nurse gave mom an injection of morphine and within 15 minutes she passed from life into the next world.
This experience has been quite difficult as I've been doing some reflection about her life and how she influenced me. She gave me a good work ethic and helped me learn to read at a young age and she engaged my obsession with books and academia.
This past week, I got a small urn with some of her ashes in it.
I'll continue to work on healing from this event. Grief is a natural process and I won't "get over it." I will adjust to this new world without her.
Blessings to everyone!
~TommyJ~
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