My mom and I in 2013
“Problems often occur because we are grasping onto something we want to keep or to keep from changing.”
As many of you know, my mother had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and had been in declining health over the last several years. She passed away this past Friday.
It was ironic in that as much as I have prayed for her release from the ravages of this disease, it was hard when the final moment came for me to let go. I wonder how hard it was for her to let go? As one of my students wrote to me: “One dreads this moment of deep loss and then, suddenly, you have to step through it.”
During this week and in the coming weeks I will be stepping through it.
Many of you have told me that my sharing my journey has helped some of you who may be on similar paths and conversely, many of you who have already been through the loss of your parents have helped me through this stage. And I thank all of you for that. As Ram Dass said, “We are all just walking each other home”.
This week, I walked my mother home.