Missed Call

Over the past several weeks every time I see a call from my Mom my heart leaps to my throat. Knowing that my Grandmommy is just not doing well a call can mean that something has happened. Or a call can just be Mom calling to check on me.

This morning I got back to my desk and I had missed a call. My heart leaped to my throat. I called mom right back. My Grandmommy refused medicine last night. She told my Aunt she is ready, numerous times. She recited the 23rd psalm. Last week she had communion.

Mom promised to keep me posted throughout the day. As the weeks have progressed my Grandmommy has been more and more ready. I truly believed we would be saying goodbye on Valentines. I was ready for Valentines, and relieved when the day passed and she was still here.

"For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:12-13

I know that when my Grandmommy is called home it's not a forever goodbye. I know that there will be a day when we say hello again. I'm not sure what today holds. I've put both jobs on alert. I'm praying. Knowing it's not a forever goodbye it's still a goodbye and I've never been all that great with those.