We've Been Busy

   I haven't written for a long time.  Since my mother died in January, we have been busy dealing with her estate, such as it is.  We sold her house, and it is now in escrow.  Thus, we have been sorting her belongings, asking my children (her only grandchildren) if there is anything they want by which to remember their grandmother.  They took a few things, and that left my sister and I to work on her clothes; which to toss and which to give to charity.  We had a charity pick up all her furniture, and as of today, the house is ready for the new owners.  It was a lot of physical work, mixed with emotional memories.  But it's done, and hopefully, I can move on.
   My husband and I took a week off to go to Santa Fe, New Mexico.  It is a wonderful, spiritual, historic and charming place.  It is a mecca for artists, with tons of galleries and artist's studios, as well as a mecca for good restaurants.  So, we ate and bought art work.
It was lots of fun.

End of Life

Well,the time has come. Mom will pass any time now. I can't get over Hospice Care. She suffered a great deal of agitation, trying to get out of bed, yelling, etc., all while semi conscious. She is now sedated, but hospice has her under crisis care, where they provide nursing care 24 hours a day until they think it is safe for her to be cared for by her caregiver alone. All of this is paid for by Medicare. Thank heaven for Medicare. My children came to say goodbye, and they were very emotional about her imminent death. Of course, I expected them to react that way. They are very lucky to have a grandmother well into their forties and early fifties. She means a lot to them. So it's a waiting game.....I'm glad she is no longer in pain and can die in peace.