Today we lost a mom, friend, and grandmother. Marie Elizabeth Freeze always considered me her "third daughter". She was an amazing woman who gave me my best friend and husband, and made me feel loved by a second family. I am lucky to have called her mom...
Wayne wrote the following tribute that I'd like to share with you:
I miss my Mommy.
Earlier today, my mother passed quietly away at age 83. She stayed with us for another five years after I lost my father to colon cancer. Even though there was an entire country separating us, it always felt like she was just down the street. We were always on the phone talking about what was going on with my family or what was happening with my sisters. When we realized she didn't have a lot of time left, my daughter Samantha and myself flew home and spent a couple of days with her. Though she was heavily medicated, she knew we were there. She referred to Sammy as her "sweet girl" and she called me "her boy" just before I had to leave for the airport. Now that she's gone, I feel there's a big hole in my life and I'm not sure what's going to happen in the days to come. However mother did everything she wanted to do and left knowing that all of her children and grandchildren were in a good place.
Good bye, Mom. Give Dad a hug for me. I miss you both.
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