My mom died.

On July 4th in 2023 I had a difficult conversation on the phone with my brother and my mom’s primary care physician. The basic summary of the conversation outlined how my mom’s MS was accelerating her aging; she had a year or two at most. Pretty upsetting, but good to know that we should try our best to enjoy the remaining time. Even still, it felt like she’d be here forever.

But, last week on July 23rd, she died. Her heart stopped while she was sleeping and the nurses and paramedics tried to bring her back but they couldn’t. It was her time, after decades of pain because of her disease she can finally rest.

There’s just so much attached to this kind of goodbye and it can be easy to get lost in the woulda-coulda-shoulda rabbit hole. Doing my best to stay out of that. All I’ll say is I’ll miss her immensely, and while the pain of her passing will fade with time the memories of her will not.

Make sure to give your loved ones a squeeze, spend time with them, never take them for granted. Tell them you love them and take lots of pictures. You’ll want them later.

You can read Momma Weiss’ obituary here.