Prayers for my mother please.

[whizzy]

Thinking of you & your family during this sad time.

[JeannetteC]

CeCe this picture brings tears of joy to me. You mom couldn't have been 98. She looks like a wonderful loving mom ready to cause some trouble. Thank you for sharing this wonderful memory.

Same here with the tears. She looks like a really fun loving woman. CeCe, you were blessed to have her for so long.

[Mary Kobe]

Cece, I am so sorry. Sending you lots of hugs. Thinking of you and your family.

[Gigi]

Oh CeCe - just now saw the photo. What a wonderful picture of her and what joy in her eyes. Those arms are outstretched for you - may you feel that hug and see that wonderful smile forever.

Thanks for sharing her with all of us - what a dear lady.

[Phyllis]

What a dear sweet looking lady, can't believe she was 98. Still praying for you and family.

[Ladyzilver]

Cece I am so sorry for your loss. I wish you all the strength in this difficult time.
Big hugs from me too!
Louisa

[Elizabeth]

I'm so sorry CeCe. I can tell from reading your posts about your mom how enormous this loss is, and how much you will her.

[Retta]

She is absolutely lovely!!! Hugs my friend.

[LisaH]

Thinking of you and sending comfort thoughts continuously.

[kate3]

CeCe, Your mother was lovely and did not look her age. Thoughts, prayers and big hugs.

[Angel135612]

CeCe... I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I am sending hugs and prayers to you and your family. I'm glad you were able to get out to see her before she passed... I'm sure that meant a lot to her.

Diane

[PennyDuncan]

CeCe I too am sending my love, hugs and prayers!!!! I'm SO SORRY for your deep deep loss!!!! I LOVE that picture of your mom and it does indeed look as if she is reaching out to hug you....that would be good to sit by your favorite area!!! I apologize for being late in replying...I'm very behind at the moment!! God bless you ma'am!!!

[CeCeCreates]

Oh my, no need to apologize Penny.

Once again thank you to all of you for your concern and mostly your prayers. I must tell you that the last couple of days, I have really felt at peace about my mother. God is most certainly heeding your prayers and giving me great comfort. I certainly miss her, but I am remembering the good times and trusting that she is among the Heavenly Hosts. Of course I expect the next couple of days to have its share of challenges, with the viewing and the funeral, but I also know that with my family for support and also the support of this family here on the forum, that I will be just fine. Thank you again my dear friends.

CeCe

[Gigi]

God bless you and keep you close these next few trying days. Will be thinking of you extra hard and sending lots of prayers.

You are so right - you DO have a family here and we are not going anywhere...........

[CaseysAngel]

oh CeCe, I'm sorry very sorry. I just now read this. May God be with you and your family.

[rachellann]

sad to hear this Cece my prayers for you and your family.

[CeCeCreates]

Once again, thank you everyone. It went rather well I think, and I truly felt all the love and prayers surrounding me. Now, I would like to share a few things with you. My mother was sort of an "animal whisperer". All animals were just naturally drawn to her. We had all kinds of pets, but mostly cats and dogs. And a parakeet or two. But she even fed a wild squirrel by hand. It came to the window everyday to be fed by her.

Well, last Sunday, the day after she died, I was all alone as dh was at work. I went out to my garage, and a chipmunk was just sitting there. Anyone who knows chipmunks know they don't do that. They are not calm animals. I even took pix of it. And it eventually let me "escort" it out of my garage by gently giving it little pushes with my broom!

Chipmunk.jpg

Well, the next day as dh and I were in the kitchen a bird starting making a huge racket to which dh asked what it was. I said it was a bird, he looked out the window, and said, yep, it's a bird. He then laughed and said that my mother was now "tweeting" me!

At the cemetery, a beautiful butterfly came and visited some flowers right where I was standing, including flowers that my dh's family had sent to me. It then flew to my sister's flowers that she and her family had sent. She is the sister I am closest to, and then it flew away.

Now, a little background. My oldest sister who passed away about 3 years ago, was just a big kid at heart. She used to bring my mother silly stuffed animals all the time, including animated ones. Well, my mother's favorite was Babe, the pig. If you squeezed it's arm, it "talked". She had this pig with her at the hospice, keeping it in bed with her. Well, on the morning after the funeral, my dh turned on the TV and left it at a movie. I asked what he was watching, and he said some movie. We watched a few minutes and then realized it was "Babe"!!! How incredible was that? It really gave me a sense of peace. I know some people will say that it was all just random acts. I don't feel that way though. I felt as though it was God's way of communicating that my mother is indeed with him in Heaven. What joy!

Also, my niece was attempting to explain to my 4 year old great nephew what had happened to MeMa. That she had died, and now was with Jesus in Heaven. He looked at her and then asked, "How did she get out of her body?" Isn't that profound? 4 years old! I think that is why Jesus tells us that unless we become like little children, we will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Well, just my sharing, and my opinion.

Once again, a huge thank you to all for you prayers and support through this difficult time. Love and hugs,
CeCe

[Retta]

The ways God brings us comfort. Thanks for sharing CeCe. Hugs.

[Gigi]

What beautiful and touching stories, CeCe - thanks for sharing.

[Suzan]

CeCE that is so very touching, thank you so much for sharing. When I first started reading my thoughts were that your mom is right here with you and all the animal are showing their love to you now.