This was taken on Mom's birthday 7/8/07 at church, the day after the wedding.
Elta Murdock 1934-2007
Well I'm home from my not-so-quick-trip. For those who have not heard, my Mom passed away when I was down in CA on August 11, 2007. The funeral was on Saturday August 18, 2007.
Michael and I know God had His hands in the timing of it all. Especially the plan for me to return to CA that week of all weeks. It could have been any week, but I booked my flight about a week or so out, and it was just a random date that I booked in conjunction with an orthodontist appointment. I had told Mom that I was coming back to CA to replace my retainer, and I'd be there for just a day. I had been without my retainer for a month, and I didn't want to wait any longer to replace it. I'm glad I didn't wait.
I was supposed to return home on Thursday 8/9. Mom said to me in the hospital, "you changed your fight?" I said, "not exactly, I just didn't go home. I didn't know when I was going home." I knew I couldn't leave her. I had a sense the timing was not right.
I'm not going to get mushy or go into detail, maybe in another blog entry. But thank you to all our friends and family for attending the gravesite and/or memorial service. She truly would have enjoyed everyone together again reminicing about the good ole' days, telling stories, looking at photos albums and watching old home 8mm movies.
