Family Loss, A Community Loss

This morning my daughter called around 7:30. She told me that Matt's grandma Mo had passed away. Mo was in her 90's. She had surgery last week for a possible hernia. It turned out there was no hernia, but malignant tumors on her intestine. They closed her up and told the family the bad news. She was being sedated and she did not know the outcome of her surgery. The family decided they would tell her when she was a little better. The next day she took a turn for the worse and her kidneys were failing. They moved her to hospice and she passed away peacefully. What a life Mo had. She was married to a wonderful man. She had three children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mo was a character and she was a good christian woman. You never had to guess what Mo was thinking, because she was going to tell you like it or not. Mo was in my circle at the church and although she was 90 she wanted to help in the kitchen when it was our turn to have our monthly gathering. We would put her on a stool and give her some napkins to fold or anything she could do sitting down she just wanted to help. Mo started to lose her sight many years ago and had to move in with her daughter. I know it wasn't easy on her to leave her home and it wasn't easy on her daughter to take in a 90 year old who was set in her ways. I love to hear my son-in-law tell stories about her. They would eat at her house once a week. Matt said she had been a fantastic cook in her day, but as she lost her vision sometimes meals had sugar in the meat loaf and salt in the chocolate cake. She loved her family and they loved her. She had a zest for life that made her an avid Kentucky fan and a great fan of the Lord. Her family knows that she is home with her Heavenly Father, her husband is there as is her son who passed away a few years ago. Dolly is in the presence of the Lord and surrounded by her loved ones who passed before her. Think about how many years since she got hugged by her mom and dad, brothers and sisters, husband and child. Dolly was the lady who always sang and many more at the end of Happy Birthday. I will never forget that about her. I am happy she will now have forever and ever to sing and dance and be surrounded by those who love her. I know her family here will miss her, but God is gracious and good and they can know they will see her again someday...