Mamadukes6's Journal, 14 April 2021

My sweet lil Mummy passed away Sat. April 3. She was exactly one month shy of her 94 birthday. She had been battling cancer (her 4th go round) for the past 4 years, and simply had a will of iron. A week before she passed, we got the call to come as her time was near. After a 6 hour drive we arrived at her facility expecting to sit by her bedside while she drew her last breath. I caught my breath to steel myself as to what I would see as the elevator doors opened on her floor. We gasped as we recognized her tiny little frame about 50 feet from her room. She was in her wheelchair, pulling herself down the hallway by the left railing along the hall wall - with her ONE good arm. She had literally pulled herself up out of her bed, gotten herself into her wheelchair and used her feet to get her out of her room and into the hallway, and slowly, hand pull by hand pull, was heading down the hall so that she could look out the window. "Not today" she said, "not today". She quietly slipped from this earthly plane a week later, when she was good and ready.

Never have I met a stronger woman. She was 5 feet of grit, will power, optimism, determination and sheer energy that simply wouldn't quit.

Each day since I saw her in that hallway I have thought of her fortitude - and vowed each time I thought I simply couldn't do "whatever" to push a little harder, dig a little deeper, and thank her for showing me the way.

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1406 kcal

Fat: 101.22g | Prot: 78.19g | Carb: 41.88g.   Breakfast: Starbucks Starbucks Vanilla sugar free syrup, Giant Food (Foodhold USA) Giant brand Light Cream, New England French Vanilla decaf coffee, Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon (15g), Harris Teeter Sliced Medium Cheddar Cheese. Lunch: Atkins Net Carb 3 Snack Cranberry Almond Bar, Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese, Parmesan Cheese (Grated) , Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese, Bob's Red Mill Super Fine Almond Flour. Dinner: Chick-fil-A Creamy Salsa Dressing, Chick-fil-A Cobb Salad w/ Grilled Filet. Snacks/Other: Atkins Strawberry Shake, Alacer Corp emergen-c immune plus vitamin D & Zinc Raspberry. more...