My mom died Thursday afternoon with me there holding her hand. We're going to bury her on Tuesday. There are so many raw emotions that I haven't expressed yet that I thought I would start trying to blog some of them out... but now that I start typing I'm choking up and unable to see the keyboard. I know that's it going to be important for me to get all of this out of me, but I'm not entirely sure when I'm going to be able to start processing all of this. I'm just so numb right now... and I kn...

Today was my momm's visitation at the funeral home. I tried to remember all of the lessons my mom taught me about me about being a gracious hostess. I think I did alright in that regard. At least that's what I'm hoping. Those were two of the most difficult hours in my life. My sister and I made a photo collage of different pictures we had of Momma, including a baby picture of her and some pics of her when she was 10 years old. My mom's family had always told me that I looked just like her...