Seniors

I was so grateful for early Christmas decorating. Mom’s favorite things were trees in full fall color, snow, and Christmas decorations. The day I took her to the doctor and we got the awful diagnosis of liver cancer, October 29, the trees were still in full color, and the hillside across from her doctor’s office was spectacular.

A week later, I took her in for tests. When we came out, it was snowing. November 7, snow. It was wet, heavy snow, and we spent the afternoon on her sofa enjoying it, even though it wasn’t cold enough to accumulate.

A week later, November 14, another doctor appointment in the late afternoon. For some reason, I made a wrong turn on the way back to her house, and we ended up in a neighborhood where almost every house had their decorations up. I parked on the street so she could enjoy them as long as she wanted.

Two days later, she was admitted to hospice and died two days after that. Since then you can’t decorate too early for me.