Courage Angel

There are few people who get to say they understand what it means to live courageously. Today I recognized once again how blessed I am to have my mom to teach me life lessons by watching the way she lives. My mother is a treasure who knows who she is and why she is here in this world. As her daughter I have been witness to her living example and life lessons all my life.  Today something has changed there is a foreboding of pain around the corner that makes my eyes well with tears. My moms stroke last year uncovered a disease that is slowly breaking down the blood vessels of her brain and there is no cure, medicine or protocol to stop it or even slow it down. We learned today from the neurologist "keep" doing what your doing. So was it good news or bad news? At this time no-news her brain is like a ticking time bomb and she may wake up from her nap or not. Yet, even to write it, I know the disease isn't winning. I may shed tears but she eases into a room and smiles taking all fears away. I want her to be healed and to never die but that's not how the story seems to be going. We all die. It's just some of us have to deal with mortality sooner than others. I am watching and taking notes on her courage.  I imagine she is as close to walking on water I will ever see.