In PA. Mom was is the hospital for a week. Last Wednesday was the first time I really thought about my mom dying. Everybody dies some time, but that time has always been far away in my mind. Mom is out of the hospital now and God willing she will make a full recovery. But her mortality no longer feels far away in the nebulous future. I hope she lives for many more years. However at this moment life's end feels more real. I'm sure when a parent dies one's own mortality also feels closer. But for tonight that inevitable transition can drift off back into the future.
