Let be Thankful, Share a story.
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</OThis year was a bad year for me, Mother passed away earlier this year and my brother came out of comma to find he has extensive brain damage.
I have to be thankful for a few reasons; I think I have my mother’s stubborn behavior. My mother killed herself driving to the ICU. She drove to see my brother everyday for 6 months and only missed a day or two. The days she missed was one they admitted her into the hospital my brother was in. The other day she had a minor adjustment on her pacemaker.
We kept trying to tell her that Bob was going to be ok and that watching him sleep wasn’t doing anything. My mother just said he knows I’m there, shut up I know what I’m doing.
What are you going to tell a mother about her oldest son, she knew best and if it kills her then oh well she said.
My Mother Betty Marie was a stronger woman and has had more influence in my entire life than I have ever realized. Strange when we lose those close , we realize how much they made us what we are.
My mother Betty was a leader in every sense of the word, she was the back bone and she would change things and get things done. If she didn’t think something was right she whipped out her pen and wrote a letter. My mothers said write the people and ask, what they can say no?????????
This and so many other things my mother stood for fundamentally I use in my entire life.
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</OI would say these two things my mother taught me, never give up. And just ask, all they can say is no.
Thanks Mom,
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</OMy brother wakes three days after my mother passes, the first words from his mouth are where mom is. He then proceeds to tell us she has been rambling on for days about his daughter and that he had to wake up and take care of her. You could not imagine the joy and tears at the same time. My mother was right; he could hear when we all thought he could not. This is probably the most important thing I have learned in my life is believe when no one else will. Have faith and things can turn out ok.
My brother is alive still and has brain injury, he is learning and rehabilitating and getting better each day. He is at home finally after a year in the hospital and he is with his youngest daughter taking care and doing what he can do. He repeats what my mother kept saying to him. “You got to wake up Bob, Hannah Needs you” When I visit this is what he has based his rehab on that his daughter needs him.
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</OI recently took my bro for ice cream like old times. When the doctor announced him brain dead they were wrong and my mother’s faith and believing changed that. I believe that her praying for him changed that and that no matter what miracles can happen. Mothers always know best…
Betty Thanks for leaving lasting memories for all my children and my entire family. You have a granddaughter with your stubborn behavior. Thank for that too!!!!!!
My brother and moms last Ride!!!!
