Today is the last day of 2022. My only response is TOODLE-LOO 2022. MAN!!! It has been the craziest, hardest emotional year of my life.
Here is the CliffsNotes:
2/4/2022-Found out that my dad died. Got on an airplane for Ohio so that me and my sister could drive to St Louis the next day.
2/5/2022-2/8/2022-We cleaned out my dad’s house. Definitely hard to go through everything. Drove back to Ohio that afternoon
2/9/2022-Flew back to Virginia
2/21/2022-Found out my grandma was not doing good
2/28/2022-Found out my grandma passed away. It was hard to hear. I also was at peace knowing she had life a full 93 years of life.
4/7/2022-Head to Ohio for Dad’s Military Service
4/8/2022-We had dad’s Military Honors and later that night we had a Memorial Dinner
5/7/2022-Found out a sister in the Charleston SC church passed away suddenly
5/11/2022-Found out my cousin who is about 1 month older than me had a heartache and died
5/13/2022-Found out a High School friend passed away
June-July 2022 It was revealed that my mom and step-dad were having memory and cognitive issues. Me and my sister made a plan for me to come to Ohio to get their house cleaned to prepare for them to go to assisted living.
6/17/2022-Went home for my birthday and saw my dad’s headstone for the first time.
8/15/2022-Got a 30 day notice from my landlord that I needed to be moved out by 9/15/2022. After some back and forth they agreed to give me until 9/30/2022
8/18/2022-8/22/2022 I flew to Ohio with the plan to get my mom’s house cleaned. That was not GOD’s Plan. It was revealed that my mom was in more declining health than we thought. She was admitted to the hospital on 8/20/2022.
8/22/2022-Flew back to Virginia uncertain of my mom’s health
8/29/2022-Mom was admitted to Rehab
8/30/2022-A photography friend’s 3 year old passed away from Cancer
9/11/2022-A sister that impacted my life while I was in Charleston suddenly passed away.
9/14/2022-Found out my cousin’s 7 year old was battling cancer for the third time.
9/17/2022-Was told by Hospice that my mom had about 3 months until the end of her life.
9/25/2022 to 10/7/2022-Moved out of the apartment I called home. Extended a week due to Hurricaine Ian aftermath.
10/4/2022-That morning I bought a ticket to go to Ohio in November to try to get mom’s house cleaned and also to say goodbye to momma
10/4/2022-Got the phone from my sister that our mom passed away at 4:46pm. Decided to keep the ticket I bought to still go home in November and just buy another ticket for her funeral. Realized my parents died exactly 8 months apart
10/5/2022-Flew to Ohio to plan mom’s funeral.
10/6/2022-While planning mom’s funeral we found out that my cousin’s daughter passed away that morning.
10/7/2022-My daughters were able to get everything moved out of the old place
10/11/2022-We had mom’s funeral that day
10/12/2022-I flew back to Virginia. Temporarily staying with my youngest daughter and her family
10/13/2022-My cousin’s daughter’s funeral day
11/24/2022-First BIG holdiay without my parents was a hard one
As you can tell 2022 was a very big roller coaster of emotions for me.
-9 people that I had some type of connection with passed away
-Lost both of my parents and my last living grandparent
-My parents deaths are hitting hard. Another struggle I am having is that 2 children that I knew of died from cancer. That has been a HUGE struggle.
Needless to say I am not offended that 2022 is coming to an end. Matter of fact if I would have gotten an email 12/1/2022 stating that 2022 was ending early and there would be no holiday season I would have yelled “FAREWELL 2022”
I am praying that 2023 will be a new year of growth for me. A year of transformation. To GOD Be The GLORY. Much Love. Take Care
