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Posted 2016-07-27T11:56:25Z

Zac

It's been over a week since mom has been gone. It's been extremely hard coping with the loss of the rock of our family. Staying busy is helping all of us get through. We want to thank all of you for your endless support of the past few weeks. The funeral mass was beautiful and I think it was just as mom would have wanted it. The music was beautiful thanks to Maury Fountain (my elementary music teacher). Mom's Godchildren and other special family members helped us with readings, pall bearers, and the gifts. We know that she wouldn't have had it any other way. As hard as it was for Zac, Chad and I to stand up and read her eulogy, we couldn't imagine anyone else trying to do it. We knew right away that it would be our job to try to encompass what a wonderful, caring, kind, loving human being she was in a short ten minutes. We each wrote from the heart and tried to explain the absolute blessing it was having her as our mother.[...]

Posted 2016-07-18T19:49:00Z

Forever in our hearts

We are so very heartbroken today. Mom left us this morning to be with Grandma Julie and our sweet Bailey in heaven. She fought a long and hard 22 month battle against cancer and we are all so proud of her. She became an inspiration of hope and strength for so many. These past few weeks have been tough as she continued to fight and fight and fight just as she said she always would. We spent this time as a family holding her hand and telling her how much she was loved. We want all of you to know how thankful we are for the support that you have provided to our family. The meals, cards, kind words, and videos that we received will be something that we never forget. In honor of my beautiful mother, please do something kind for someone else today and every day to make this world a happier place. Give a hug to your loved ones and cherish each moment with them just as we tried to do with Mom. I will try to post the link for the funeral services when they become available.[...]

Posted 2016-07-06T02:08:00Z

All we need is hope

I haven’t updated in several months but a lot has happened in that time. I’ll start back from my last update. Mom still has the tubes that help to drain and relieve pressure on her ureters and her kidneys. They weren’t sure what was causing the issues until they finally performed a biopsy on her bladder. Unfortunately, it was cancer. They decided to up her dosage of the targeted chemotherapy drug that she takes in pill form each day from one pill to two to see if this would help to fight the cancer that has spread. The drug was doing such a great job on the cancer in her lungs and the other places that they hoped because she had responded well to it, that this might be the best option.[...]