My Mother is Gone · 3:36pm May 22nd, 2022
On April 27th, my mother passed away in her sleep. She suffered a massive stroke on the evening of April 25th, the cancer in her stomach cavity causing a blood blockage in the left hemisphere of her brain. She hung on for thirty hours before her body just gave out.
My bluntness about this subject comes from the sheer exhaustion this whole affair has caused both for me and my family. We couldn’t do anything, physically or mentally, the first two days after Mom’s passing. I couldn’t even work up the will to type out this post until now, nearly a month after her passing.
Mom was deeply caring and warm, more faithful to Christ than myself. She was actually the first person I told about being in this fandom back when I was 15, and I was shocked that she actually was quite supportive of my artistic efforts within MLP. She could’ve told me to grow up or focus on more “enlightening” things, but she fully backed me whenever I did a panel at BronyCon or published a written anthology of MLP fanfiction. This was a level of acceptance and understanding that I was quite blessed to have, both in fandom and in my greater life. She was always there to offer comfort and wisdom, even if I wasn’t always receptive to it.
There were things I was hoping she’d see before she left. I was hoping she’d be able to see my first publication in print, something I learned was going to happen about just a few days before her passing (I was able to read the first draft to her in her last hours, even if she was incognizant). I was hoping she’d be able to see her future grandchildren. I was hoping she’d see me succeed in the writing field in some way.
She’ll be able to see these things, I suppose, though from far-off and in spirit instead of in body.
I am going to miss her deeply.
My condolences.
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Thank you.