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[AngelPuppy1]

@Shanus

I somehow must have missed seeing your other posts regarding your mother, but I just want to say how sorry I am.  I know from firsthand experience how terribly difficult this is to go through.  We have been blessed in that we were given such beautiful and special mothers.  I lost my mother a little over a year ago and it has been the most difficult and devastating experience of my life.  You and your mother are very close, like my mother and I were.  Even though you are doing everything humanly possible, it just doesn't seem like enough, does it?  I pray for you both and I know that she feels great comfort by your presence and your touch.  Blessings.  

[Shanus]

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@AngelPuppy1 wrote:

@Shanus

I somehow must have missed seeing your other posts regarding your mother, but I just want to say how sorry I am.  I know from firsthand experience how terribly difficult this is to go through.  We have been blessed in that we were given such beautiful and special mothers.  I lost my mother a little over a year ago and it has been the most difficult and devastating experience of my life.  You and your mother are very close, like my mother and I were.  Even though you are doing everything humanly possible, it just doesn't seem like enough, does it?  I pray for you both and I know that she feels great comfort by your presence and your touch.  Blessings.  

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I appreciate your reply @AngelPuppy1.

[LTT1]

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@Shanus wrote:

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@PamfromCT wrote:

@Shanus, I think of you so often and send you prayers through the miles.  Your mother must have been a wonderful woman to have raised such a beautiful loving daughter.  

It is a blessing for her to have your love at this time.  And a blessing for you to spend time with her, giving her love and comfort.

I was in your shoes almost ten years ago.  Yes, cleaning out her belongings, preparing for the end.  Especially her clothing and such, which I donated to the Little Sisters of the Poor, who had a residence near where she lived for the elderly poor.

She wore her mother’s engagement diamond every day, feeling closeness to her own lovely departed mother.  I wear this diamond on my right hand, so I have constant reminders of both of them.

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@PamfromCT.  That ring is a sweet reminder for you all these years later. I haven’t gone through all of Mom’s jewelry yet (she has all her mother’s, too). There may be something in all those boxes and bags and jewelry rolls that I’ll find meaningful, as well.

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My situation was that I lived out of state when my mother passed. 

The things she wanted me to have were her China, silver, and her wedding band/engagement ring.

There may be more, but these are the ones (the rings) that I treasure dearly.

These bring back memories of her in younger years and help me remember her hands...a very expressive part of her.  And our family back then — my dad, playing hide and seek with him—— memories.

One thing our family did not do was to keep track of the family movies. They were a very vital source of memories for me.