Life’s quite different…
I have realized I have literally left the world the past six months (my Facebook was hacked) and one doesn’t recall how much you rely on communication with others and how much one’s lives are intertwined because of social media, and oddly the last six months of my life have been pretty monumental and I have been m.i.a.
I’m not going to try and spill it all out in one post, but I will give a quick synopsis/highlight of the past six months and then hopefully I’ll come back and touch on more of happenings in life and try and catch you back up.
The most significant change in my life is losing my mother on September 10, 2023. My sister and I were blessed to have my mother until the age of 91 and she most certainly went out how she would have wanted.
I think once you get to a certain age, something simple really can be the transition to the end of your life because you simply are tired of fighting one battle after another. That is what happened with my mother. She had taken a fall, which caused a massive hematoma on the back of her calf to eventually rupture, and the doctors did not put her on antibiotics immediately so an infection started. When the doctors mentioned having to debrief my mom’s leg to my mother she said she was done, and that was not what she was doing.
That’s not ever what a child wants to hear, but we also realized we had a very blessed life with my mother and it was her decision, and we needed to respect that and except it and support it, and that’s what we did!
My mother had the best party at the hospital and into Midland hospice care where people that loved her, and she loved, came from near and far to visit and pay their last respects to my mom. We were so fortunate and lucky that my mom’s final days she was alert, attentive funny as all get out and gave everyone that she visited with the best day they had had with her in a long time which was nice.
I was beyond lucky to have one of the most amazing mothers all around. My mom was most certainly a tough nut that you knew exactly where she stood, had a funny sense of humor and was a mean card shark up until the end. My mom raised both of her daughters to be very strong willed, and sadly stubborn women, but I believe she was quite proud of us in the end.
I gotta admit, after my mom passed the number of times I started hearing from people within our world that they knew we were in trouble or were causing ruckus with my mom when they heard her hollering…“GoddammitJenny!” Came out frequently in stories. It would roll off her tongue as if it were all one word. Patti and I got quite a chuckle out of that since we don’t believe we’ve ever heard that come out of my mother’s mouth with her name at the end.
I did a little ink therapy in honor of my mom and I should have done while she could see it. She would have thought funny and rolled her eyes which always made me feel accomplished.
So life’s different for me! Many of you have heard me say in the last 15 years, especially that when my mom is abducted by aliens, my life will change. Well…my mother has left the building so this Kansas girl has changes planned.
So stay tuned for posts with updates of trips, my buildings being available for sale, to a house being purchased outside of Kansas, to following along with my next chapter in life.
I love that you have taken the time to read this post and are following along and it means the world to me. Part of my commitment to my next 10 years of life will include a consistent blog/podcast/social media presence to keep up with those lives I get to come into contact with, and share more of my fun adventures in life. So stay tuned!!!
Lots of love,
Jenny
