Health Update #34: Unbroken Circle
Health Update #34: Unbroken Circle There's been a lot going on since I came back from Louisiana in late June besides just the insurance snafu and moving treatment back to Michigan from Chicago. Mom passed peacefully on July 18 with dad at her side in comfort care on the back porch looking out over her blossoming hydrangeas. One couldn't ask for a more fitting transition. Unfortunately, I was in no shape to travel for the funeral the next weekend, but I was able to watch it streaming on Youtube. It was a beautiful ceremony and well tailored to her life experiences and beliefs. She would have felt honored by the testimonies as a good Christian wife and mother who epitomized loving one's neighbors, as well as taking care of strangers. She gravitated toward simple folks and simple living and minding one's own business. She took a "Bless their hearts" kind of approach toward others, except that she meant it. She was that kind of Christian. As we wrote in her obit...