This has truly been an amazing day. The family is now all here...what a group! Mom & Dad love all of us so much...and we love them! My prayers the last couple of days have been that during this weekend, Mom could be alert enough to enjoy her family and that the kids & grandkids coming into town would have an opportunity to express their love for their Mom & Oma. That has been happening all day long!
The house has been busy with Hospice help (wonderful people!), lots of friends visiting, friends from Mom & Dad's church bringing over dinner for ALL of us. And add to all that the 23 of us! During some stretches of the day, Mom has been much more alert than in several previous days. It seems that almost every time visitors have come, she has become aware and able to express her appreciation for her guests....what a wonderful blessing and answer to prayer!
We've had deliveries of beautiful flowers, many lovely cards, a wonderful meal, lots of chocolate, portacribs, etc. Mom & Dad have such wonderful friends. Since the 3 of us 'girls' grew up in this area, it is nice for us to also have an opportunity to renew so many friendships. Mom has enjoyed chocolates with caramel, plain dark chocolate, chocolate pudding, chocolate ice cream, melted chocolate ice cream to make chocolate milk (are you seeing a theme here!?)...applesauce, ice chips and some nice drinks of water and milk. Probably more than she has eaten in the last 3-4 days combined! She NEVER complains - but has made a couple of funny faces about some of the medicines she takes. More chocolate to wash it down!
Friday, October 2, 2009
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What is Your Emma Story?
This blog is a chance to remember and honor Emma by bringing us together in a way that can only be done through a medium like the internet. We love her, we will miss her, but she's here for a short time still, and we want to smile and cry and laugh together with her as much as possible while we can.
Emma has touched a monumental number of lives through her work as a mother, grandmother, friend, teacher, artist, and to Ted as a dear wife. There are countless stories that have already been told many times, and there are many others that we're going to learn for the first time as we read them here.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, STORIES AND PICTURES!!!
Not only will we be able to laugh and smile together, even after Emma has passed, but we will be sharing this blog with Emma. If you have a story, long or short, silly or sad, pensive or outrageous, please take some time and share it with us and Emma.
This is such a dear time for all of us. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and prayers.
It's easy! To post to Emma's blog, send an email to emmaallebes.post@blogger.com. If you have a picture(s) that you would like to add, make it an attachment to the email. Your email will post automatically.
Please remember to include your name somewhere in the email/post.
Emma has touched a monumental number of lives through her work as a mother, grandmother, friend, teacher, artist, and to Ted as a dear wife. There are countless stories that have already been told many times, and there are many others that we're going to learn for the first time as we read them here.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, STORIES AND PICTURES!!!
Not only will we be able to laugh and smile together, even after Emma has passed, but we will be sharing this blog with Emma. If you have a story, long or short, silly or sad, pensive or outrageous, please take some time and share it with us and Emma.
This is such a dear time for all of us. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and prayers.
It's easy! To post to Emma's blog, send an email to emmaallebes.post@blogger.com. If you have a picture(s) that you would like to add, make it an attachment to the email. Your email will post automatically.
Please remember to include your name somewhere in the email/post.
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