Our mother demonstrated amazing strength and endurance. She was a widow for well over 30 years and lived alone in our big house and later in an apartment until she moved to Florida to be with her beloved son Johnny. She continued working in the rapidly changing medical field- even with those dreaded computers! And she struggled and lived well beyond the average life expectancy of most Alzheimers patients; she was fighting until she took her last breath. I read somewhere that “success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.” Well-played Mom.
It’s hard not to mourn for such a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister, cousin, nurse, and friend. But it’s impossible not to celebrate and appreciate her legacy- it’s here with us now and will always be present. MaryAnn is with us in our hearts and minds and the lessons she shared contributed to the goodness in all of us.
Julie Barger Pallissard
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