May 26, 2008

MEMORIAL DAY

Hope you all have a nice Memorial Day holiday, and everyone who is traveling stays safe, and those who are not, are enjoying good health.

For us, we are safe and sound and parked in a quaint RV Park in Yuba City, California. But the holiday is not so happy. We were notified last night that our elderly friend Naoma (Nomi) passed away yesterday. She was just 8 days shy of her 93rd birthday.....Plus, it was just 3 days shy of it being 6 years from when her husband, Mike, passed away.

Thankfully, we got to talk to her around Noon yesterday, and she was looking forward to our arrival on her birthday. She sounded frail and confused, but seemed to realize we were close and soon would be there. It was by chance that we got to talk to her because normally she wouldn't pick the phone up, but yesterday there just happened to be an aide in the room who answered for her (Divine Intervention??). Of course, we didn't talk long because she was tiring and they were trying to get some food down her, so sadly that was the last time we got to speak with her. She passed away in her sleep late that afternoon. We were notified around 5:30 pm. All of the details for her cremation and internment are taken care of, and happily, we even have a good loving family who wants to take Nomi's kitty (Callie). We will miss Nomi, but we also know that she is now free of pain and home with her husband, son, and parents. God Bless Her!!

As I said earlier, we are in Yuba City and will be leaving here on Thursday. If all goes well, we should be home late Friday or early Saturday.

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