Monday, December 14, 2020

Ms. Stephanie

  Well Ms. Stephanie died on Wednesday, December 9th. It was expected because her cancer had spread but also because she had declined quickly over two days. On the Sunday of Jacob's birthday she invited him over for a piece of cake, a card she made for him and some birthday balloons. She told me she was sorry she didn't have a real present for him but I told her that was ok. It wasn't ok with her. 

Ms. Stephanie also sent Amelia the special Advent calendar she buys her every year. The last couple of years Ms. Stephanie bought the calendar but she just downloaded it on her computer so Amelia just played it at her house. It was super sweet of Ms. Stephanie to remember the calendar at the end of her life. I have made a note on my calendar to buy one for next year.

Jack was apart the communication of her decline. Mark kept accidently texting me so Jack kept relaying me messages. He could tell by the messages that something was up. On the day she died I told the kids it would be soon. That night she passed away.

We were so lucky to have Ms. Stephanie as a neighbor. She was so great with the kids. Each of them had a special relationship with her. She was able to see each of the kids for their individual strengths and specialness. She nurtured each of them. Because of the coronavirus there has been a bit of a distance between them, obliviously for health reasons, so the kids right now can't absorb the absentness of her love. But it will come. And I pray as they get older they will remember that love. I pray that they can recognize the ease that she loved them and how they took advantage of that easy love because they were kids that received so much of it.

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