Mom died February 9, 2015 after four weeks of hospital/hospice stay.
On her wedding day in February, 1944.
She would say the happiest days of her life were the births of her four children, but I think it was this day.
She never managed to look her age, even when she was dying.
Even though Louise is not on mom's birth certificate as her middle name (or maybe it is, the document is written in German Swiss), she gave it to me as a middle name, I gave it to my daughter (center), and my daughter gave it to her daughter (left). We enjoyed being the four Louises.
Goodby Mom. We've been together for seventy years and I will miss you.