.mama's.table.

It's been a week ago tonight that our mama left us to be with Jesus. It's been the hardest week of our entire lives and will hopefully top the charts as the hardest we'll ever have to endure as I do not think I could bear anything worse than losing her.

The table in the pictures above was my great grandmother's table - passed down to my mother by her mother. It's been sitting in my mom's attic for as long as I can remember...mama would mention it from time to time, but we never did anything with it. While cleaning out my parent's attic, we found this amazing family treasure that mama had always talked about. Mama absolutely loved this table, but it really needed some work, so I had it refinished for her. The day she was being admitted into the hospital, the guy refinishing it called to let me know it was ready. I told him that I'd pick it up after my mom got out of the hospital. Then, for a reason I cannot explain, I called him back and asked him if I could go ahead and pick it up right then - mama didn't have to be at the hospital until 11:30 and it was only 9:00. SO, I picked it up and brought it to her as a surprise. She could barely speak because her mouth was so dry and she was so weak, but when she saw her table, she said "it's gorgeous, it's gorgeous!" That was the first and last time she saw her precious table. She never left the hospital.

It's so funny how something so small could mean so much. I am so glad she got to see her table.

The roses pictured are from her casket bouquet.

I'll write more soon about her.

Love you mama!