The Battle Has Been Won

We fought hard. All of us. It was a long, strenuous battle and one that we may not have asked for, but that we faced with courage and strength and humility all at once. Especially Mom.

On September 21, 2010, Mom's battle ended. She won. No, not by getting a transplant or a miraculous healing. She won because she finished well. She did all she could do and then trusted God to bring the victory. The victory was that He sent His Son to die for her and she accepted Him. So when she took her last, labored breath here on Earth, the next breath she took was breathing in her Savior's sweet presence.

I can only imagine what her first words were when she arrived. She was so animated in this life, and I think we keep our personalities (maybe just a sanctified version of them) in Heaven, so she no doubt had something exciting to exclaim.