Saturday, July 31, 2010

Transitions!

Yesterday my mother-in-law of 35 years left this life after 95 years! I always said I wanted to be like her "when I grew up". She still lived alone, was of very sharp mind---it was wonderful to hear her talk about the many changes that had occurred in her lifetime--and only stopped driving because "other people don't drive as well as they once did". One of her most recent joys was being able to vote for the first black President and to ensure that would happen, I registered her as an absentee voter and she voted early---"Just in case because I surely want my vote to count". She began school riding a horse and saw microwaves, cell phones, computers, color televisions, space travel, alternative fuel cars, to name just a few things she saw "invented". It was mind-bogging to me to imagine how much she had seen the world change---although she would say, "the more the world changes, the more it seems the same". She said she really wished sometimes she had been born in a different time because she wanted so much to get an education to "work in a bank" or be a "nurse", but I honestly don't think she could have made a bigger impact than she did "just as she was". The last time I talked with her, when I asked her how she was feeling, she laughed and said "now Baby, how do you think a 95 year old woman feels------tired!" and laughed her infectious laugh.

She will truly be missed, and definitely has left her "print" on this earth, but she more than deserves her rest!

5 comments:

  1. She sounds like such a wonderful person! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

    Kat

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  2. my thougts are with you and your family.

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  3. Aren't you glad about the people that we get to know? And, now I know a little about her, just because you shared. Sorry I didn't comment earlier. You're probably through the hardest parts now. Hang in there and know that soon you'll be able to relax again. Lane

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  4. So sorry for your loss but it sounds like she enjoyed her life and shared so much with you. I lost my wonderful MIL 9 years ago and we all still miss her and her sense of humor every day but we still laugh when we talk about what a great person she was! Lisa

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  5. Your MIL sounded like she made the most of every one of her 95 years. I'm so sorry for your loss.

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