So many people have commented on my blog and social media posts sending love and kind thoughts for my mom and dad. My dad passed away very peacefully last Friday with my mom, my brother, and me near.
My mom is doing just fine, though he will be much missed. Since he had advancing dementia, in many ways we’ve all been saying goodbye to pieces of him for some time, and this final goodbye – sudden but quick – was perhaps easier because of that. It was time, and my dad would have been the first to think so.
Thank you everyone for your many well wishes and generous thoughts. I’m spending time with my mom as we continue this transition, which includes the arrival of spring weather in the everchanging Sierra foothills. The trees are leafing out, and there’s still snow on the Sierras in the distance. New beginnings!
And my mom and I are both kicking ourselves because we forgot to get chocolate bunnies to enjoy for Easter. We’re much cheered by the thought of day after sales, however. Happiness can come in small bites.
