You have all of our condolences Godfrey. I hope the time with your brothers goes beyond "wrapping up affairs" and is also a time for you to share memories.
stan On Jan 26, 2008, at 9:24 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Friends on the PDML, > > My mother has passed away at the age of 84 after a protracted period > of failing health. I'll be traveling to New York today to attend the > services and help my brothers wrap up affairs. I'll not have much > time to look at things for a bit. > > I visited her at the beginning of December so we could share some > time together while she was still able and smiling. She was alert and > able to talk until just a couple of days ago, I was able to talk to > her on the phone Wednesday and say a last good-bye. Her consciousness > faded on Thursday. Yesterday one of my brothers was in attendance at > her side when she went softly to sleep and gently stopped breathing > for the last time. She was a remarkable person ... even beyond being > my mother and putting up with me... with tremendous strength of will > and a huge heart. She suffered many adversities in her life with guts > and good humor, always with the best intent for those around her and > never a thought for herself. > > We will all miss her and hold her memory dearly. > > Godfrey > > "Only in silence the word, > only in dark the light, > only in dying, life; > bright the hawk's flight > on the empty sky." - Song of Ea, U. K. LeGuin > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
