I continue in the slacker vein when it comes to posting on this blog, but here's a heart-wrenching update:
S2's precious mom died last Thursday. Her death was rather sudden and unexpected in the scheme of things. She got an infection in her leg the week before, and various complications resulted in a hospitalization on Christmas morning that was followed two days later by her death.
She was 69, and in my few encounters with her, I thought S2's mom was the salt of the earth. I imagine S2 will be trying to grasp this loss for a long time to come. I feel for her something fierce.
I would get into more of this but I feel like I would be stepping on S2's sense of privacy. All I want to say at this point is that the experience I've had with S2 in the past week or so has yet again dramatically altered my thoughts on the spiritual landscape. Sometimes we end up being teachers to each other in the most unexpected ways. This was one of those.
S2, if you read this, I just want to say publicly that your mom seemed to me like the kind of mom who should've gotten to stick around a lot longer. I'm sorry that didn't happen.
How lovely of your mother, though, to have left behind a daughter (a mom) like you. That's the true meaning of legacy.
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