I'll not be around for awhile

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My mother passed away this morning, quite peacefully after the priest gave her the sacrament of annointng of the sick..

IF you still have them call your parents and give them a hug and an I love you if you can.

Specializes in psych,maternity, ltc, clinic.

May God's peace be upon you and your family.:heartbeat

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p_rn, wishing you much peace and healing in the time ahead.

i'm so very sorry.

leslie

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

PR_N.......So very sorry to hear of your mother's passing. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

so sorry for your loss. god bless your sweet mother.

praiser :heartbeat

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Specializes in Pedatrics, Child Protection.

My deepest condolences to you and your family. Peace be with you.

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Specializes in ED, Flight.

Please accept my condolences. May God grant you comfort in its due time.

I'm sure we are all sending a lot of hugs your way.

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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

I'm very sorry. My sincerest condolences to you and your family.

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Specializes in long term care Alzheimers Patients.

Please except my condolonces on the passing of your mother. You will be in my prayers

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Specializes in LTC.

Sorry to hear about your mother's passing. May God give you and your family peace through it all.

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please accept my condolences for the loss of your mom.

when i lose someone close to me, i read this story and it always brings me comfort. i hope you don't mind that i post it here. i'm sending many healing thoughts to your heart.

down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs. they were a happy colony, living far away from the sun. for many months they were very busy, scurrying over the soft mud on the bottom of the pond.

they did notice that every once in awhile one of their colony seemed to lose interest in going about with its friends. clinging to the stem of a pond lily, it gradually moved out of sight & was seen no more.

"look!" said one of the water bugs to another. "one of our colony is climbing up the lily stalk. where to you suppose she is going?" up, up, up it went slowly. even as they watched, the water bug disappeared from sight. its friends waited and waited but it didn't return.

"that's funny!" said one water bug to another. "wasn't she happy here?" asked a second water bug. "where do you suppose she went?" wondered a third. no one had an answer. they were greatly puzzled.

finally one of the water bugs, a leader in the colony, gathered its friends together. "i have an idea. the next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk must promise to come back and tell us where he or she went and why."

"we promise," they said solemnly.

one spring day, not long after, the very water bug who had suggested the plan found himself climbing up the lily stalk. up, up, up he went. before he knew what was happening, he had broken through the surface of the water and fallen onto the broad, green lily pad above.

when he awoke, he looked about with surprise. he couldn't believe what he saw. a startling change had come to his old body. his movement revealed four silver wings & a long tail. even as he struggled, he felt an impulse to move his wings. the warmth of the sun soon dried the moisture from the new body. he moved his wings again & suddenly found himself up above the water. he had become a dragonfly.

swooping & dipping in great curves, he flew through the air. he felt exhilarated in the new atmosphere.

by & by, the new dragonfly lighted happily on a lily pad to rest. then it was that he chanced to look below to the bottom of the pond. why, he was right above his old friends, the water bugs! there they were, scurrying about, just as he had been doing some time before.

then the dragonfly remembered the promise: "the next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk will come back & tell where he or she went & why."

without thinking, the dragonfly darted down. suddenly he hit the surface of the water & bounced away. now that he was a dragonfly, he could no longer go into the water.

"i can't return!" he said in dismay. "at least i tried, but i can't keep my promise. even if i could go back not one of the water bugs would know me in my new body. i guess i'll just have to wait until they become dragonflies too. they they'll understand what happened to me & where i went."

and the dragonfly winged off happily into its wonderful new world of sun & air.

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Specializes in Oncology, Cardiology, ER, L/D.

I am so, so sorry for your loss, you are in my thoughts and prayers.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

(((((hugs))))) :icon_hug:

I'm so sorry for your profound loss.

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