Yes, tomorrow (Saturday, October 30, 2021) marks the six year anniversary of my mom's death. I am still grateful for the trip mom and I took in October of 2014, just one year before her death. I am also grateful that I started blogging in 2013 so I have these memories well archived in this platform. The pictures mean a lot to me. Here are just a few.
I had just wrapped up a parish mission on the evening of Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at St. Matthew's Parish in Gillette, Wyoming. I was driving home to Cheyenne on Thursday, October 29, well aware that my mom who lived in Missouri had become ill. Unfortunately, I had a doctor appointment scheduled for Friday morning, October 30. I needed to keep this appointment because I was running out of heart medicine. Mom was insistent that I stay and get my medicine refilled before leaving for Missouri. Sadly, on Friday morning, about an hour before my appointment, I received the call that mom had died. I did not make it home in time. Yes, tomorrow (Saturday, October 30, 2021) marks the six year anniversary of my mom's death. I am still grateful for the trip mom and I took in October of 2014, just one year before her death. I am also grateful that I started blogging in 2013 so I have these memories well archived in this platform. The pictures mean a lot to me. Here are just a few. This last photograph was taken just a few days before her death. The infection in her legs won the battle. Rest in peace mom!
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JENNY PALENIK
10/29/2021 09:21:48 pm
Those pictures brought tears of happiness. She looked really good in those pictures!! Hard to believe 6 years. That was a rough year as we lost Mike's dad that May and then grandma in October. I love grandma and miss hearing her voice when we called her once or twice a week. May you rest in peace grandma and be free of pain!! Love you grandma!!
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