Thank you!

Thanks for all the cards, emails and thoughts. It's been kind of nice connecting with some of you that I haven't heard from for a long time. Mom would have loved all the attention.

This was done by my mom's cousin's daughter Sheryl Johnson

Thank you for your thoughts on Mom

Dear Cheryl & Les

Just received the news of Aunt Blanche and it made reflect on a love and kindness she had always given. She sent me this poem that sums up my feeling.

written by Joshua Liebman

There is never life without sadness.
There is never life without pain!

If one seeks in this world for true solace,
He seeks it, forever in vain.

So when you heart comes to the sorrow
Of losing some dear one you've known
Tis the touch of God's sickle at harvest
Since he reaps in the fields he has sown.

(Was going to add it to your blog but couldn't figure it out.)

I am truly grateful for our visit last summer.

Steve, Jin, Samantha & Daniel Robinson

Grave Side Services

Graveside services will be Friday the 17th, 2pm at Terrace Lawn. Instead of flowers donate to your favorite charity.
Thanks

Blanche Hyde Udy April 12, 2009

Mother passed away today at 1:25 pm today, Easter Sunday. We were in Oregon spending Easter with Whitnie, Lindsay and families and got a call from the nursing home in Nampa about 7:30 am, so we got in the car and tried to make it home. She died about 2 hours before we got there. Friends of ours from church stopped by to see her and the hospice nurse was there with her, but our friends stayed and held her hand till she died. They said it was very peaceful and she never woke up. One of the male nurses at the hospital said " I want you to know I loved your mom and she loved compliments. She liked to give them too, but she really loved to get them." I just thought that was so cute. We donated her clothing to others that didn't have much, in the nursing home, and just brought home her personal items. It will seems strange not to go there anymore. I went twice a day everyday until this week end.

I will go tomorrow to the funeral home to make arrangements. Tentatively the funeral will be Sat.
No viewing and she put in her will Graveside services only. So we will respect her wishes. We really don't expect anyone to come from out of town, except probably some family.

She loved you all and felt your love and prayers in her time of need.

Her Choice

She isn't eating anything solid, but still drinks liquids, juices power milkshakes etc. She doesn't want to get out of bed, and sleeps except when you wake her up. She only says 3 or 4 words at a time, which we all know isn't normal for her. She has been totally off steroids, for about 10 days, and seems to be doing fine. She seems content and doesn't seem in pain. We feel she'll live till her birthday and not sure it will be much longer than that. They say men die before holidays and women after, I've noticed that through people we have known the last few years, that this seems true.

If she could pass away as peaceful as she is now, that would be good.

Not Doing Well

She still has a cold and has given up. She is on oxygen now and doesn't want to get out of bed or feed herself or anything. That would be OK if we knew she were going to die right away, but there is really no indication of that, so I have to find a way to get her to try. She seems to be depressed, but I hate to start her on anti-depressants because she take so much medication as is. They are trying to cut down on her steroids at her request, because she is so puffy. You wouldn't recognize her. Not sure what the next step will be.