The only thing that I can compare waiting for the docu-ad to be released is being 9 months pregnant, anticipating the arrival of a child. I can't tell you how many times I have checked their webpage.
Their website analytics person must be wondering what IP address is clicking on it no less than 3 times a day.
It's me, it's me!
Apparently the ad has been completed but is no doubt going through another editing phase.
Last weekend, my four siblings and I moved my mom out of her apartment, that she has loved at her retirement home. She is now in just one room there, so that she can receive more care.
She has handled all these late-in-life transitions so well. I only hope that I will be equally as chill when it comes time for me to give away all the things I have loved and lived with for so many years. A physical dismantling of a life.
One step closer to heaven, as she continues to do her artwork.
As I've unpacked her treasures that I chose in the sometimes turbulent sibling divvy, I've been close to tears at times. Heavy in my heart but also very grateful.
Grateful not so much for her treasures, but for the remarkable woman she continues to be.
How interesting (and hard) it must be to watch your children chose from your life, what they would like to have in their own.
Knowing that you can't take it with you.
xo
