Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Missing Gebee

Our family suffered a great loss in February. Brian's mom - lovingly referred to as Gebee on the blog - passed away. Though she had been in hospice and her health had been declining over the last few months, her passing was still very difficult for all of us. She was able to see and spend time with close family in the hours before she passed away and we are so grateful for that time with her.

Brian and I had begun preparing the boys for her passing (but how do you really prepare anyone, let alone 3 and 4 year olds?) and the boys have asked a few questions since Gebee passed away. I am also very grateful that someone had suggested some ways to keep Gebee's with us. When her health was better, she did scrapbooks with each of the boys and also read recordable story books for the boys. We also took lots of videos of Gebee and the boys.

Here is Sue (Gebee) with her three sons:

Sue with the boys:

She loved reading to the boys (and they loved hearing her animate the stories):

The boys withe Sue at brunch with Santa last year:

Though we miss her every day, we know that Sue is in a better place and we cherish the time we got to spend with her.

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