“I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on, projecting trait and trace through time to times anon, and leaping from place to place over oblivion.” ~ Thomas Hardy
Amazing how our heart works even when our brain is sad and tired. After reading this quote I chose last night for this post, I realized how applicable it is right now to my family’s life. As my precious mother lies in a pretty much comatose state dying from the return of breast cancer (now in the liver and kidneys), this is ever so true of our family.
My mother’s flesh may perish, but her love in the family’s faces will live forever in our hearts. I will look at my precious Tommy and remember the love she had for her first-born grandson as she and the rest of the family met me in the hallway on August 15th on my stretcher, and I will also look in the faces of his two twin boys and remember the “twinkle” of excitement in her eyes when she lived to see her third and fourth great-grandchildren born — twins too. Yes, the family face does live on. Her flesh may perish, but she will be here with us forever and ever until we are all reunited once again for Eternity.
These are four of the faces I love most; the ones I long to see; the ones I long to hug and embrace — it started with the face on the right, and these faces continue to grow — some in Memphis, Tennessee, and even more in Muleshoe, Texas. As my mother would say, “Grandchildren are just GRAND!” But so are my sons!
How proud you must be of such a beautiful family. Hope you are feeling happier today.
Each day is a real struggle, but somehow I am making it. Please keep praying for us though — we need everyone’s prayers. Thank you Diane.
You have a truly beautiful family. (((HUGS))) to you in your struggles. My mom has throat cancer and we are facing the road you are now on. May you find your peace.
Thank you so much GiGi. Sounds like your precious mom has a very hard and painful road with throat cancer. HUGS to you and yours as well. It is not an easy road saying goodbye, but with God’s peace that passeth all understanding we can survive this hard road and grow stronger in the Lord along the way. May God grant you and yours this peace that passeth all understanding, and keep you in His precious hands along this journey always. Thank you so much for stopping by, and particularly for your sweet, sweet comment.
Found your blog through I Heart Faces. You have a lovely family! So, sorry about your loss!
Thank you so much Angie for visiting. I have quite the family after just two sons. I now have five grandchildren — and they are all adorable, of course.
Mom, I fear, is nearing the ending stages of her cancer now. She was having more and more pain, so now she is on morphine. I find myself speaking of her in the past tense because I feel she is now more on the other side than with us. I pray this pain will not get any worse and she will die with some comfort and dignity. Thank you for your kind words.