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This is it...
Jun. 22nd, 2009 06:46 amToday's the day. Many people have been coming and going, so much help offered from so many folks... Jean & David, Caren, Tim, Lee & Eric, Stacey, Mary, Sean, more I'm certainly forgetting... I'm truly blessed with amazing friends. My sister and brother have been here since Friday, and we finished going through the rest of Mom's things together. My dad has been incredibly patient with all the upheaval and constant questions, even while dealing with his own considerable amount of pain... I'm really proud of him.
Video is done and burned and tested. I'm building a memorial for my mom at the church... Julia made a big signboard full of all her pins, ID tags, and other bits. A table will have an assortment of her nursing tools, crafts, photos, favorite foods and music, sculptures from her travels... lots of goodies so people from all the different threads of her life can get a glimpse of other facets of her. Amanda is doing balloons; she found some gorgeous ones. Yes, I'll try to remember to take lots of pictures!
I got to chat this morning with Cordell in Japan... he's here in spirit, we know. He cited a specific memory of his grandmother in a letter he sent to be read at the service, and a similar event was also recorded in my mom's clippings, complete with a photo of him... it was very cool to see that the same thing was important to both of them. I scanned the clipping and sent it to him. I hope it makes him feel a little better about not being able to be here.
Today, I'll be seeing people I haven't seen in 10, 15, 20 years or more. This is both exhilarating and anxiety-provoking.
Well, here goes...
Video is done and burned and tested. I'm building a memorial for my mom at the church... Julia made a big signboard full of all her pins, ID tags, and other bits. A table will have an assortment of her nursing tools, crafts, photos, favorite foods and music, sculptures from her travels... lots of goodies so people from all the different threads of her life can get a glimpse of other facets of her. Amanda is doing balloons; she found some gorgeous ones. Yes, I'll try to remember to take lots of pictures!
I got to chat this morning with Cordell in Japan... he's here in spirit, we know. He cited a specific memory of his grandmother in a letter he sent to be read at the service, and a similar event was also recorded in my mom's clippings, complete with a photo of him... it was very cool to see that the same thing was important to both of them. I scanned the clipping and sent it to him. I hope it makes him feel a little better about not being able to be here.
Today, I'll be seeing people I haven't seen in 10, 15, 20 years or more. This is both exhilarating and anxiety-provoking.
Well, here goes...
