RIP "Mom"

Just a short post - to recognize and acknowledge the passing of a truly wonderful and warm person - Lauretta Chambers. She passed away yesterday. She was the mother of my closest, dearest friend.

Lauretta had struggled with the "C" and it finally took her away from us. She's with God, free of illness and pain, and no doubt bringing joy to all the angels.

She was the mom I should've had, the mom we all should've had. She was stern and supportive, outspoken and open, and full of love. Her children are all strong, ambitious people who have minds of their own. She might've been a mom in every sense of the frustrating meaning, but she was also a mom in every sense of the wonderful meaning.

She opened my mind and my world and she opened her arms. I don't doubt she'll still keep an eye on her husband and her children and grandchildren.

I don't know the right words to say, because all I know is sorrow.

Heaven's a better place now that she's with God, but here on Earth, we weep.