…saying ‘good-by’ to a woman whose life was…well lived…

February 8, 2011

Ruby Brown died this weekend. She was the mother of one of my sister’s husbands…and mother and grandmother and great-grandmother to dozens of others. She lived on a farm in Missouri. She lived on that farm until her death. She was strong and resourceful. She grew a garden with enough fresh produce to share…with my sister and her family who lived next door, with another of her children and that family who lived behind my sister…

She had flowers that bloomed with the extra big blossoms hanging over the entry into the side door of her home and flowers that wound up on the sides of the barn. Her hobby was sewing doll clothes. It was fun for her to go to garage sales and buy discarded dolls, bring them home, and clean them up and make repairs, and then sew a wardrobe and wait for the just right child to give each to…

Ruby talked to her family about her life and her death. She wanted no heroic measures. We have talked here before about having an advance directive [http://whyhealthcommunication.com/whc_blog/wp-admin/post.php?post=226&action=edit]. And so, when she suffered a serious stroke on Friday, her family gathered and they were with her as she let go her earthly body… Thank you, Ruby, for all the love you lived…

Author: Roxanne

I have always loved to learn. After years of trying to pick a major as an undergraduate, I met a professor who guided me to graduate school. And from graduate school, I learned that I could always go to school and keep on learning. And so I have... View all posts by Roxanne