I'm so sorry to hear of this Glen. Condolences sent your way.
May God Bless her soul and let her Return To InnocenceThe ventilator was removed at around 6:30pm, and at 6:55pm February 20, 2017, the heart that began beating sometime around March of 1935 stopped, and Ruth Ellen McDonald née Holt was no more.
Had more than my fair share of bad moments in my life, but this one was certainly the worst. No matter how much logic says that your aging parents will eventually pass, there's no emotional prepping for it. Mom was incredibly important here as the glue to hold various segments of the family together. We all feel like we're spinning off into the void without her.
Seems like a sad thing to say when I'm almost 58 years old, but losing my mom made me feel like I was a young boy reaching out for her.