Dear Mommom,
Yesterday was your burial. Seeing you for the final time was one of the hardest moments of my life. I realize now that I wasn't saying goodbye to you. Your memory will live within me forever.
Brian came for the funeral. I am so glad that he was there with me. I needed his strength, along with the strength of my family, to get through something that made me feel weak and empty. Last night, before we went to sleep, Brian and I talked a lot about you.
He called you a trailblazer. That's something I hadn't really thought about before, but it is so true. In a time when many women didn't work, you got your BS in nursing from Misericordia. You balanced having a family, work and so many other activities. Indeed, you were ahead of your time.
So many people came yesterday to pay tribute to you and to say goodbye. I even got to meet Dad's fourth grade teacher. I'm sure you remember her – he was sent to see what she was made of. You touched so many lives and brought joy to so many people.
It's Christmas Eve. So many of my memories of you revolve around Christmas. Your decorations. Your Christmas Spirit. Christmas dinner at your house. Me stealing all of the stuffed celery as early as possible.
Tomorrow will be hard without you. I know you will be with us in spirit. I hope you are free from pain and that your afterlife is everything that you believed it would be.
I love you and miss you,
Danielle
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I hope that you felt your Mommom around you yesterday. I truly believe that when our loved ones die, that they linger around in spirit with us to make sure that we are going to be okay and to let us know that they are okay.
I am sorry your year ended so sadly.