Mom, Judith, Minice It is 2:05 AM one year ago today, 5/7/2019, one day after your birthday. I watched you take your last breath. My mind went into panic mode initially after I hear that “sound”, but then I remembered you saying, “you cannot panic when I’m gone, I need you to stay with it and do what I wished”, so I snapped out of it tears running down my face and went and got the nurse; who came in and confirmed my worst fear that you had passed. I remember her asking me, what time I hear the last breath, I mumbled 2:05, because I had looked at my watch when I heard that last breath.
I looked over at my sister who was sitting up looking and crying. I didn’t know what to say to her. So I just cried.
I’ve played this scene over and over and over in my head so many time, and each time it hurts like hell, because try as I may, I cannot change how things went that early morning of May 7, 2019.
Notifying family members after that felt like I was on auto pilot. But, with God I was able to dial the numbers and mumbled what needed to be said. Because you are who you are, having everything in place; T’s crossed and I’s dotted, arranging your funeral with my siblings and others; was not too stressful.
Mom, your legacy will live on through us; your children, grandchildren , Neice, grandniece, son-in-law and other family and friends.
Mom, we love you endlessly. Rest in eternal peace, mom! ❤️❤️🙏🏾🤗🤗❤️❤️🌺🌺🌺