Bereavement

Losing a loved one is never an easy thing. It’s the unexpected death that can be very hard. Losing my mother this past July was unexpected, even though she just reached 90 on 10 July 2018. She banged her head on an end table reaching for her dropped glasses. Unfortunately my mother was on Koumadin, a blood thinner. She had a brain bleed, had surgery to relieve pressure and never regained consciousness.

To make matters worse this happened while the brother my mother lived with and myself, along with our families, were in Daytona Beach, FL. My mom was staying with my oldest brother. He said since we just arrived in FL and there was nothing we could do we should stay and he’d keep us abreast of happenings. It was not a very good vacation. We left Daytona 5:00 am Saturday and drove straight through to Baltimore, arriving at 8:20 Saturday night. By that Monday Mom had died. Sad!