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My mom passed away in early November of 2005. I had gotten married at the end of May of that year and she waited to tell the family that she was sick until the end of June. She didn’t wanna take away from the joy of the “baby” of the family getting married. It was way too fast and none of us were ready to let her go.
She always said she wanted to go at home (no hospital or hospice), said it for years, especially after my dad passed when I was 16. He passed at home, surrounded by all of us up until the end. That was what she wanted too. In the house he built with his bare hands and the house they raised the family in.

So, that’s what we did. Basically, her 6 children’s moved back home and stayed with her for the final 2 months. We took shifts to see our husband/wives/work during that time, but at any given point, there were 4 of us there 24 hours a day, making sure she was surrounded by love and never alone.