Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Shenna's mom is gone.

Shenna’s mom, Ted’s wife, passed away last night. All three daughters and Ted were with her. I arrived a few minutes later. We spent the evening and well into the morning hours together and Ted and the girls are doing pretty well. Everyone knows it’s a blessing that she didn’t suffer long, and she had been pretty much unresponsive for the last couple of days, but it was still pretty emotional when the time came that she was actually gone. I’ve never been through this with someone so close; Emma was the first of our parents to go. It’s amazing that 2 weeks ago she could still walk to the mailbox, and a month ago there was no sign of anything wrong at all. It all happened so fast. We have faith that all is well with her and that we’ll meet and be a family again after this life, but we will miss her greatly in the meantime. I think it will take quite a while to get used to not having her there all the time.

 

Anyway, probably more than you wanted to hear, but I thought you’d want to know the news. It’s easier to write it down than to say it out loud.

 

I’d like to take Thursday and Friday off to be with the family as we prepare for the funeral on Saturday.

 

Brian Mealey

 
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