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October 29 Goodbye Mama Fern (12-15-18 to 10-15-06) Mama Fern was a marvel. How could a person who had to spend years caring for an increasingly sick husband and then do the same for her son after his Lou Gehrig's disease striped him of his ability to manage on his own, come out seemingly unscathed? I swear she was actually younger than she was before this saga began. A couple months shy of turning 88, she still drove a car occasionally to take friends to their doctor's appointments and to go to church and things of this nature. She lived alone and managed her own affairs often suffering with the pain of various medical conditions that seemingly go hand in hand with aging. I couldn't get over how well her hearing was; she must never have listened to Rock-n-roll music because she could hear way better than me! She had her wits about her and was a pistol when she got going on top of that soapbox she would perch upon when something drove her to such passion! I still hear her laughter that I will forever cherish when I told her about having "turtle lips." Yes, I will miss my Mama Fern and I am sorry I couldn't make the funeral. I will swing by to see you on Thanksgiving though. My only wish would be that you could have hung on long enough to share one more of many, many holidays together and you could have met Thomas, the man I am engaged to. Blessed I am to have only good memories of our last shared visits and conversations to cherish for the remaining days I have left to walk on my own precarious journey through life's jungle of twists and turns. I will keep you in my mind for inspiration in my times of weakness and self pity. I love you and miss you already. God Speed! Eternal Love from your first Grand daughter, Kristan xoxoxoxo Kristan Johnston TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://kristan68.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E6453CFBFF7BFE18!169.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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