Alice Benedict Radez » Memories http://www.aliceradez.org Mother, Wife, Sister & Friend Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:20:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A year of reflection http://www.aliceradez.org/2008/11/06/a-year-of-reflection/ http://www.aliceradez.org/2008/11/06/a-year-of-reflection/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:20:39 +0000 Dan Radez http://www.aliceradez.org/?p=17 I’m full of lots of emotions and memories today, one stands out vivid as ever. The nurse that was with us through the last day we spent with mom told me that sometimes near the end of a person’s life they will hold on to life with the idea that they have a responsibility to care for those they will be leaving behind. She suggested express that we would be ok and that it was time to let go. I did  take the nurse’s advice to say goodbye and thank mom for the fantastic parent that she had been and telling her that we’re going to be ok. I have no idea if the nurse was giving me advice for mom’s sake or my sake, on the other hand I have a memory that today has reminded me of how special mom was to so many people. I remember that everyone in the assisted living she was in had nothing but inspirational memories of her. I remember that people I had not seen in years and would never have expect to see showed up to her funeral. I reflect today on how involved mom and dad were in raising my sister and me. That reflection if full of the people that came to pay respects to mom, the impact she had on each of them and it reminds me just how selfless a woman mom was to everyone around her.

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Every time I ask Logan if he knows how old he is I hear mom’s voice in my head chanting “Who’s Number One?” I don’t even know that when she said this as I was growing up that she was referring to My or Molly being one year old. Though I have very vivid memories of this being a common phrase.

I imagine that she would have said that a dozen and a half times through out the day today.

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