Mom was called Home by our Lord and Savior to be with Him on Thursday, April 10th!!!!!
She had spent he last 5 days of her life in the Gilchrist Hospice Center receiving the best care possible in this world. How wonderful a place with such compassionate people it was for her and our entire family!
There will no doubt be a time of sorrow in the days ahead, but for such a time as this, I am thinking only of Mom and how her entry into Glory will reunite her with Dad, Nana, Papa and all her loved ones who have been called there before. It will only be a short (in the face of eternity) time before I am with them also. Let's leave the sadness for another time, I will make sure to schedule it into my calendar at some point in the future, but to get through today, I must focus on what is best for Mom.
PLEASE don't tell me you are sorry, PLEASE tell me how your heart is joined with mine in joy for Mom's going home to be with our Lord and Savior.
This e-mail is going out to family, friends, acquaintances & even strangers. Many of you have already sent beautiful messages of compassion, several will be able to celebrate Mom's life with us, while only a few will attend the funeral and the rest will at least hopefully have been touched by my ministry of writing. The tiniest percentage have asked to be removed from my list of addressees. This has not been meant as an invasion of anyone's privacy or a means of asking anything of anyone, but merely sharing experiences that are common to humans and giving what may be a novel approach to their addressing. I know that many, many of you have expressed amazingly positive responses, so I know I was not off base to send to anone in general. I am sorry to have bothered the four who have opted out, but maybe they needed to receive these more than they realize. 4 out of a few hundred isn't so bad.
If anyone was added mid-stream and has not read the 3 e-mails I have written up until now, you can go to my web-site and read my blog.http://kimjones7.point2agent.com/ You can be sure that there will be future writings to help in the healing process that is needed when a loss like this is experienced.
The Gilchrist Hospice Center is a God-given blessing for people to spend their last days. A future e-mail will tell of just how much of a blessing they were, not only to Mom, but our entire family as we gathered together these past 5 days. The money that is raised goes towards improving services to families facing the death of their loved ones and to help when care is provided for those who have no insurance. Everyone should be so fortunate as to be in a place like this when they or a loved one is preparing to go Home.
If anyone is inclined towards an outward physical expression of love for the family, PLEASE Do Not Send Flowers. To have a more meaningful and long lasting tribute to the life of my mother, I would rather a donation be made to Hospice of Baltimore 555 W. Towsontown Blvd. Towson, MD 21204, in Memory of Phyllis Gauger.
Unfortunately, due to the expediency with which we are needing to do things in order to have her Memorial/Face to Face Service at the most convenient time for the majority of our friends and family to attend, some already know this, while others have not yet found out. I am not sure which of you have already gotten the notice. My daughter, Kimmy, sent the e-mail, but I can't figure out to which addresses she sent them and as you can see it is too early in the morning to wake her and ask. So rather than omit someone, I would prefer to send it twice and once you realize you have already seen it, you can move on to your next task. Sorry!