A Year Ago

A year ago my sister #2 sister called and asked if she wanted me to call when our Mother had died. At just after 4 a.m. on February 25 the call came . . . she said it was a rough night but she had died . . . I should have been there but I chose not to be . . . my 3 sisters were with her when she died . . . I was 2,000 miles away . . . my Dad also chose not to be there - he tried but it was too much . . . I loved my Mother very much and she loved me . . . she always said that Moni has her own way of doing things . . . a few hours later I went into Church to finish up some work before flying out that afternoon . . . I was surrounded by some members of my church family they hugged me, prayed with me, and gave me the strength to just get through . . .