Sunday, December 18, 2011

Mom is healed and with the Healer

I write this with a heart broken into a million pieces, yet each of those pieces rejoice that my precious momma is no longer suffering. She has won the ultimate battle with cancer. It can't touch her anymore.

Mom passed so peacefully, in her home surrounded by her adoring family. Honestly, surrounded. You always hear that, but I never imagined it. Daddy was next to her, and the rest of us stood around her bed. She held on until her sister arrived from California and when Brenda arrived at 8:22 pm Friday evening, she opened her eyes for the first time that day, looked around at her family and took her last sweet breath.

She sat at the banks of the River Jordan dipping her feet in. And in this life, she was scared of the water, but at 8:22pm she know longer knew fear. She dove in, and crossed the River to the other side and she is free and experiencing love and radiance I can't imagine.

She is still with me. My son, Cody said that she will always be with us, because no one in that room that night would be who they were if not for her and her love.

But she is face to face with her Healer. And that brings me joy!

Please pray for my dad. He adores her and she was his life and he has to begin a new chapter. I have no doubt that God has amazing plans for him and is going to use him greatly. There is still work for him to do and I can't wait to see what that is.

There is more to write here, but my heart is still searching for words.

4 comments:

Alicia said...

Beautiful analogy... simply beautiful...

Lindsay said...

I'm so very sorry for your loss. I've experienced this "surrounding" when someone passes and it's so very hard. God bless.

David Oliver said...

There are no words an outsider,but still a friend,can say that will express the great sorrow we feel for this loss.We of Earl and Deloris's classmates and friends have suffer the loss of another friend,but my heart goes out to Earl most of all as he is experiencing the greatest loss of his life.

Jamie said...

Melanie I have always loved to read what you write. You are blessed with a great gift in your writing. You express everything so perfectly. Your family was, to my eyes, the perfect family, with the perfect mom and dad. Not taking away from the love I have for my own mother and father, because I love them very much. It's just that when I think of that family that is such an example, your mom and dad have always come to my mind. Your dad loved and loves your mama so much. You can see it even in pictures, the way he looked at her.. you can see the love in his eyes. I know that you all will come to grips with your grief, probably much sooner than my sister and I have with the loss of my mom, because you all just see things in such positive light. You are blessed with this gift as well, no doubt learning it from your dad and your beautiful mama. I never heard her say an ugly word or use a harsh tone. Of course I didn't live with her. Haha But she was always so sweet and seemed so understanding. I know you all will miss her so very much. She is lost the day after the anniversary of the loss of my own mother, so December seems like such an ugly month to me now. But, as you put so eloquently, as usual, in your writing above, there are positives and good things are still to come. Thank you cousin. I'm thinking of you and grieving with you and praying for you and your family. Love you all.