If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish, would you ask for something

[rolanni]

Steve and I are now back home from our trip to Maryland to be with Steve's mother at the end of her blessedly short stay in the Dove House hospice in Carroll County, and to be with family during the subsequent visitation, funeral, and wake.

We had rushed on the way down -- fourteen hours straight on high-speed roads, from Maine to Maryland -- and made the decision to go easy on ourselves, coming home.  As a distraction, and also to insure that we broke the drive into reasonable pieces, we charted a route via Barnes and Nobles, which means that there are signed copies of some of our books at B&N stores in Woodholme Center in Pikesville, The Avenue in White Marsh, Camp Hill, Wilkes-Barre, Binghamton/Vestal, Saratoga Springs, and Augusta.

For some reason, I have several hundred emails to cope with across my various inboxes; if yours is one, I appreciate your patience as  I slowly get back up to speed.

. . .I think that's all I've got at the moment.

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Comments

[martianmooncrab]

sorry for your loss...

and I have always loved Traffic..

[jessie_c]

Sincerest condolences on your loss. That sounds like such a cliche thing to say, but since I never know what to say in this kind of situation, cliches are better than nothing.

[theowlunderground]

It's good that Steve was able to be with her at the end. These times of transition are always very hard. Wishing you peace as he and you come to terms with your loss.

[elbales]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[threeringedmoon]

I am so sorry for your loss.

In retrospect, my mother's time in hospice was very short, though it seemed that it took forever while it was happening.

I am sorry for your loss

[ireneha]

Please also pass on the messages to Steve.

I am glad you took the slow road back to Maine. That is the road to healing.

With my last breath I'd ask that my family to make peace over the ashes.

[polanka221]

I am sorry to hear of your loss. I am glad that her passing was relatively quick. Being gentle on yourselves on the trip back was, in my opinion, a good choice. Give yourselves time to make peace with your loss.