27 years ago…Mom’s Birthday…When I got home from work I called to wish her a Happy Birthday…she said she had the flu real bad coughing a lot with her lungs hurting…Dr told her the flu was bad this year…I told her I was sorry that she was under the weather for her birthday…and she needed to just rest and recharge.

It was past midnight when the phone rang…groggy…grabbed the phone and Dad was crying…Mom was gone…massive heart attack…I was groggy…in disbelief…on her birthday?????…she said Dr told her she had the flu…my sister was with Dad saying I needed to get on a plane ASAP…nope it wasn’t a happy birthday…and when I called back the funeral “had to be scheduled on Valentine’s Day”…and a bunch of relatives just didn’t feel like showing up for Mom’s funeral…Ever since then this week has been difficult to get thru…