Sue
My mother died a few years ago and with my father already having passed, my kids were without grandparents in our home town. A dear lady that I had known through years because of church and other activities and I resumed a friendship that turned into extended family as she became the grandma that was no longer with us. She baked the kids cookies and cinnamon rolls and we took her on boat rides and wheel barrow rides and play time on our trampoline and so very much more. She became a vital part of our lives. She had no children and having just lost her husband, it seemed like a good fix for us all. We have spent countless hours making cookies, playing in the garden, going for long rides, to church, out to dinner, and more until her health deteriorated to a point she could no longer enjoy those fun times. The new normal was -going to visit her in the nursing home and after 8 + long years, last night she passed. We will miss her dearly as she was a connection for us all and we were family to her. I can't tell you how many times I took her to Grove City shopping to get her favorite shoes, or clothes or just ride in the woods to enjoy the outdoors. We laughed and cried together and her passing was a blessing as the past few months have been torturous on us all but I will miss her and I have woken up with an empty spot in my heart. Her classic line was, "Oh forever" and she never seemed to be amazed with the world and enjoyed trying it all. She was always game to try the next thing the kids put before her. It was almost her birthday and yet I feel it is her birthday as she is now home and with her Ralph. Through the years she would tease and call me Ruth and my husband Roy (his real name is Ron) or she wouldn't answer if I said I loved you till she would break out giggling and tell me she loved me after already telling everyone else she loved them. We would go and put flowers on her husband's grave and she would ask to open my sunroof and put her hands out and feel the air. She was a gentile and kind person and she made me a better person. She will be missed and trust me, she always made it a good day!.
Sue
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
March 2015
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