Well today is mom’s ceremony in San Jose, Ca. Jason, Heather, Tim, Grandma, Alan, Patty and dad will attend. My mother was a wonderful person, she loved helping people which is what she did as a Social Worker for St.Joesph Hospital in Kirkwood, Missouri. She also worked at St.Louis County Hospital before that. She would always do her best to place people who could no longer care for themselves. She always made sure it the best place for them and their needs.

I find it ironic that what she did for a living is how she spent her final years, living at a skilled nursing center.

My dad has had it rough the past maybe 10 years, watching the woman he loved slowly deteriorate. He has never put a guilt trip on me for not visiting the years I did not make it out. While I know he still has/had feelings for mom, I am hoping that he will move on very soon and live for the now.