Many years ago when I was a teenager, Mom went away to Western University in London, Ontario to take a course related to her beloved nursing profession. She spent a week or so there, did her studies, then "finished her course."
On June 16, 2008 it could be said again that Mom "finished her course". This time it was a course that was the most difficult one of her life. Over the past 10 years or perhaps longer, her health began to deteriorate. The diagnosis of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy was given and she began a life with many new challenges. Having lost her balance and subsequent to many falls and resulting injuries, she became confined to a wheelchair. Her ability to see was affected due to limitations to the movements of her eyes. Her throat muscles became weaker and weaker causing gradual loss of her ability to speak and swallow. She spent her last 2 1/2 years in Gardenview Long Term Facility where she was lovingly cared for by the staff there. I was able to monitor her condition closely as I am the regular night charge nurse and to advocate for her when the need arose. My Dad, Merlin, lived in an adjacent apartment in the same facility and faithfully spent time with her 2-3 times each day.
But now she has "finished her course". She graduated, she was promoted to a Higher Place, to the place she had been preparing to go to for her whole life - to Heaven to be with her Lord and Saviour and many loved ones who have gone on before.
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