Last Moments

1-7-14  I was just thinking there are some lasts that I can't recall....like the last time I watched a movie with my Mother.  And I definintely have the worst memory to think of FIRST times with her, esp since a lot of them were very early childhood.
Here are some of my favorite lasts I can recall:
The last day I was hanging out with her going through her TONS and tons of rings and asking for the stories of some and sorting them into piles with her.
The last hug I remember was a couple of days before Christmas and my Mom was talking about how she was ready and I just burst into tears and hugged her and she said I will always be with you, you are my heart and soul...or something close to that.
I can't remember the last phone call to just chat with her, I know there were many.  And I cry sometimes thinking that some of them I was rolling my eyes and impatient to get off the phone with her babbling on about this or that.
Her last moments on earth were the most precious and I will cherish them always.  We were in an upstairs private hospital room with my Aunt and my Dad and My sis and Jeff and Jenny.  Just hanging out and chatting with each other and holding Mom's hands and including her in the conversations.  This lasted a few hours.  A nurse popped in and asked, is she waiting for someone?  And then  a short time later ,something popped in my head; an old song that when I was practicing it my Mom told me, "you are going to sing that at my funeral."  It was odd and random back then, actually kind of morbid but when I remembered it in that room that morning, I knew it was what my Mom was waiting for.  So I asked if anyone minded if I sang to Mom.  Everyone was fine with it and I wasn't emotional at the moment, so I sang what I could remember of it.  One verse and two choruses.  We could all just feel God's peace and presence.  About 2 minutes later my Mother passed away.  We all hugged and cried.  The nurses were amazing and we all knew that I was able to sing Mom into heaven.  My friend told me she pictured my Mom leaving as I finished and then the angels continued the song as she arrived.  So beautiful.
 
The last few moments were so precious...
who was there
where were we
the nurses
the crowded room
the song
the departure
hugging and crying